[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/ g1 k! d8 t8 v& |: t9 @: m
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
2 c/ F( X/ e( k0 o* [" U4 d. I& lUS 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.5.35.249.641 p5 Z" W9 G! @; a4 }9 l9 D

9 E7 N: R* G/ P* t  L% }0 @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.3 K2 d' m+ l& h

0 I% a0 v; C! }! T  b0 P( e( A7 j5.35.249.64Reid, 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.人在德国 社区3 T, }: ?8 Z0 j* j

& I9 I% o; ~! }) T' z0 s, J* n3 ]3 cUS 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.
, S2 Z- M  r- v8 _& J8 u, s; J8 k人在德国 社区Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.6 p# Y; `- g- ^( t5 g5 V) Z2 A

6 z( y4 `8 C  s7 n* h"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.7 A0 w: Z( W5 B: M9 \, v( G

3 v" I" M' o; q7 \4 Q9 |$ x"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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' Z1 V& s) F8 z, D7 y0 |/ xThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.9 n  J% y; j* @; V# A
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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.