[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。
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  O' ]$ m7 m7 U; F5 y3 Z2 y人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US5.35.249.647 [+ D+ ~1 j1 w& L2 p
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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3 n  \) [1 \- N5 l$ m3 w3 R人在德国 社区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.) |; _( P, P: m# {" `$ Q

& ]" F! v' O* h# u' Y: I1 fReid, 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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.$ s2 h( ^. O) _1 r# _$ @7 _$ s

+ s" ~% e9 e& N* ?5 F1 }/ D8 V5.35.249.64US 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.人在德国 社区/ T9 Z8 N6 a9 q/ r4 k
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.6 ]% D  r1 E/ m4 `. \6 Q
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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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* f- s8 a% Q' |- X4 D"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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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.