[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。2 i! w; p1 v) {1 U, W; g) V

. x7 a) ]: l4 D' d1 N8 ?Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
. {3 o+ F$ |8 ~) l2 y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.. J7 T) I' H" O( v

$ m3 J1 O" `6 c- z5 F: i# P) UThe 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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% F. I+ o3 L( ?; }5.35.249.64Reid, 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.
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, k1 q4 y: N& ~" S6 F" eUS 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.
* {& t! Z5 F& x5.35.249.64Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts., S7 L3 \6 s. ]
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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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- ~- O( u7 J9 I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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& g8 j' c4 ]3 v0 E" T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.