[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# b9 ?: P" C3 y" @4 u, T3 p: V

8 c; p' X& R/ x1 E" PCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
/ N! V+ e- O4 E3 `) ]人在德国 社区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.  e- [7 m1 X6 a! t

+ T( I; M) E5 L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.
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$ G7 Q& q1 U' LReid, 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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5 W% \- t2 @: j4 IUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.5.35.249.649 W9 W) s: P, z; l& |& s
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.( J) V1 t: O" W9 H4 E8 o' {$ t, F

4 X# I! O! k2 l- G: ["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( {/ r' L, u; T$ M; W2 `- |
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."! ]  y& c, b! a5 ~
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.