[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。0 H% S2 G( q, M9 y  k/ T$ @

3 f# ?4 Z$ ]  U4 n# ^; ?Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
, p  m7 _. e3 Z" C: Z9 AUS 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.' o. q8 I: Z6 e8 Q

# W6 [$ z! [( L* A) LThe 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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( z% y4 T# o1 W! n4 {5 NUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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6 Z; C4 @0 t$ }3 C) _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.4 x6 R8 e3 B5 H6 V1 ~1 K6 d5 F' G
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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3 P0 G5 P8 R$ T/ ~. V$ b5.35.249.64"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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/ @) e7 u* |1 `) b' j"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区' s( w+ \$ W4 Z7 t0 }
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.7 i! A6 U- r/ o9 o, P3 I

/ X% }2 b9 m1 `( D2 S+ s人在德国 社区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.