[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。* p0 L5 l5 p( j+ N4 n6 S; ]' l

- i2 r# L9 I* {人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US- f6 R  M# D  ^6 y& S, J
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.5 e6 x/ [! h3 C

9 ?" A4 l% E9 c% j, @. G8 c+ F3 MThe 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.6 @9 J6 [/ q8 ~: o7 M. T+ e

3 e% ]- y  {5 g6 `5 O" @9 Q5.35.249.64Reid, 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.5.35.249.649 T  ~$ Z" b( t4 H( [

- d( _% ^4 N/ y人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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, Z9 T* G5 o8 W; W% x3 U3 [, XUS 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.
+ h5 K; @' [( |+ U3 UMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.' ~1 j- O: ?0 q0 ~
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."5.35.249.64* L3 l1 B' r6 i2 O2 d
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.3 O! p6 G( N; ?+ j
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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.