[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。% k% R: X: E) p7 h, G; }! [
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
8 l% y6 S) J' b0 s$ k0 XUS 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.
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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.人在德国 社区2 j& e; r' K0 z9 S. K$ D

( h" p) l. U9 H0 H  x1 I( ?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.! ~% F2 _  H8 d5 K

. o7 U7 H: m) l3 S! D8 g; {) \5.35.249.64US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.  m! C3 R5 |+ r+ N
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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.6 k* n/ f* ~% e! Y1 q+ v9 ^
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.4 ^6 O9 M' Y4 ~$ F" _: Y7 Y; k( q

1 l/ T; \8 O7 b7 {0 D. Y5 i"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.3 ]' g. K; R1 V7 c! f' Q7 r7 ?

* c1 P: z$ O8 x7 }人在德国 社区"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.
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+ j+ b: C8 c! G! C- `人在德国 社区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.