[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。& x* t1 o: I. b* k$ m

2 u+ I( W& ?2 s+ d* ECigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
$ q, F. @# ~5 a- Q$ IUS 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.8 H, F: \! W) U) y. L- c& w
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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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Reid, 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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# G* n$ C2 S: v$ O! M' P  |US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.3 A) x5 y2 b9 H7 Z/ l. w
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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.5.35.249.645 {& r$ |- d: x" L+ c
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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  j+ @5 E8 b0 ~2 ]: G. E8 ?5.35.249.64"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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/ K) O+ s- I! O8 I( K5.35.249.64"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."8 k: P4 ^- n" _% U3 \" N% ^0 e

' [- T0 a/ I9 GThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区. {( A8 W( d9 K6 z/ d  h

' ^# T# o8 `1 f, B. W, N5.35.249.64The 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.