[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。人在德国 社区. t( d5 _6 d0 j/ w  ~7 y* \# g

# l- ~+ y2 W3 g- @3 X- \- `# s6 r1 @Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
7 n# m/ _# u: m8 S6 [) O, V& qUS 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.5.35.249.64: H4 A3 q" W6 ~& ~; F
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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.5.35.249.649 w$ L- h) ?! s& f# I2 s( \
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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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: e* q# Z% m% m+ ~6 F# z, {; ~US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.$ v! t. H7 a* x8 c' a$ S
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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.
1 Y4 N9 R4 W2 o: _  bMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区0 G% d. ]" _  n, e- _7 |5 w

9 q$ ?. j- z% L"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."+ o2 r( B1 X% I! x: l8 N! D

# O( K' q+ G$ l. p2 W7 ^5.35.249.64The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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$ {" f8 s; k8 z2 P% [7 _3 zThe 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.