[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。人在德国 社区# N2 `7 n! f+ y5 v# C

, R4 G$ ~" ^" v8 q/ i1 v4 QCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de6 X) r! a; y- Y  I
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.
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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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. W1 h7 C. z! N; w" }: yrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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.人在德国 社区: D2 N: L7 ]! a! U% p; [& n2 e% p% v
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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US 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.( X2 H; a$ x9 N
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.* j0 N" R, w7 s6 H

0 W7 Z# w3 m: z% K* ]"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.' f( R* \7 Q# v+ h

! N4 M. P5 b, I3 B, n: F$ ^& n人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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+ P  b7 g: B, `& j! gThe 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.