[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。
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, M- h- T9 W" S" K$ r6 ?" ~- G人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US  A5 |8 Q) d9 S* N/ |6 n
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.人在德国 社区, K5 j3 n1 e1 s4 v6 X. f7 F8 D

0 W$ Z, f+ p; k人在德国 社区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 r+ \0 S4 a1 |/ h/ i* b* i& k6 S

& A; [) Z/ v; ^! @8 [# X/ t6 `5.35.249.64Reid, 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.: R  R* b& F( w; E: [: ?3 z/ D
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区" u$ b' _2 O. f4 ]/ F9 A+ j% w( f
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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.
2 i' D# A$ x5 z5.35.249.64Mr 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.5.35.249.64, P2 z# r. g  H" q  [3 d  Q
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.5.35.249.648 M% H* d" P8 W# S
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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.