[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, \+ ]. A6 U8 V: ^5 M

7 Z2 h% @8 _! \/ T6 fCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
  ]/ v3 c5 c5 o9 a8 y0 G1 W5.35.249.64US 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4 I$ R: ^% @% a5 r( {

* r( G/ V" c6 J' @5.35.249.64The 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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US 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.
, _1 b: Z. X0 D+ r; r9 cMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.2 t  @' L: ^( q% K! S- y5 J4 o) a# w
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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  a. D9 h- ~0 q6 T0 n; }
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."- i$ z, H- h+ Y
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.; ]2 ]) u0 D0 E2 u+ E# T" G

+ R' H0 u% s+ y0 F) U8 |; I( o" WThe 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.