[国际新闻] 美国撤除禁令8月起可带打火机上飞机

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美国政府决定从8月4日开始，停止施行已经两年，禁止乘客带普通打火机上飞机的政策。美国运输部认为，在乘客登机前搜索他们身上是否携带打火机，根本是浪费时间。 2001年当鞋子炸弹客芮德意图在从巴黎飞往迈阿密的班机上，用火柴引燃藏在鞋子里的炸弹後，美国政府在国会的坚持之下，终於宣布了禁带打火机上机的命令。1 H7 K( U% V3 U% T

" \5 J$ K6 u0 ?" Q$ GCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 y" p4 a7 {9 z) w
US authorities will no longer enforce a two-year-old ban against taking cigarette lighters on planes because searching passengers wasted time and did not improve aviation security, the New York Times reports.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de1 i& g, |3 V" f4 h
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The ban on lighters was ordered by US lawmakers after a passenger, Richard Reid, tried to ignite a bomb in his shoe in 2001 on a flight from Paris to Miami.
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7 h1 R) v0 `. H, a/ UReid, known as the "shoe bomber", had used matches to try to ignite explosives concealed in his shoe and is currently serving a life sentence for trying to blow up the transatlantic flight.: c& k, V6 ?' H2 s7 w

; g+ R3 H" L9 a2 C人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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% j. j7 I4 ~( D. S4 O, yUS Transport Security Administration assistant secretary Kip Hawley says the ban on lighters did not significantly enhance security because small batteries could be used to detonate a bomb.
% q% X' W9 ~/ {( VMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.1 `2 V% q1 W" U, ], D
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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  a& a# m, E- ["We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."% t" G; \( ]. b) s

) s+ I- |6 }8 }The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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The New York Times says some 22,000 lighters a day are collected by security officers at airports across the United States and disposing of the confiscated lighters has cost about $US4 million a year.