[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。5.35.249.644 O: I' I1 P) ~. ]0 }9 s* ?

4 I/ x5 X7 W4 K) G人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区6 o% v5 h! O  z3 \' m  `6 z
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( B5 G& I8 ~" X' ]1 p( o

8 W3 [# L; E* `$ B$ w0 k6 rThe 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.人在德国 社区! B* h! d$ Q, T5 d7 \, q. b

3 {4 E( B% p+ \' _; bReid, 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.
( M: ]2 h% L( m9 R# q, q( e9 @1 kMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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+ W$ B1 Q: ?9 h# d2 K1 g"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.3 `+ J: c. f2 c) x- w" {

! c* W& M: s9 h% W# [7 ^"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."4 \* P8 s- ~0 e" j/ _, F
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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.