[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。5.35.249.64& ^( o: z3 s+ x5 p3 E; q# C

% M) R$ y4 `+ x8 \$ N人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
! @& w/ }, Y1 S人在德国 社区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.; U' X3 b0 U4 r- k6 L' m. g

5 k6 p' A' o& v  K$ `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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3 ?( ?8 d4 N4 B# [; WReid, 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.5 B: {1 W. H4 n) p! z5 s6 b
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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., j8 v4 w0 U1 n
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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9 S" s1 c* \1 V* R% o4 ?4 J"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said., S! O8 Q' |: y" X! k
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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, z/ Z( i2 v' M. ?7 FThe 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.