[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 W( a" n5 ~0 q0 r# F# B; L7 e
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US1 X+ A2 G. a+ m9 K' b
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.
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3 @+ s6 V4 z' W  y( S1 R人在德国 社区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.
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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.) y6 f- H7 z7 B  |. [" A

" [0 `5 `$ [/ K2 g) bUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.& b8 Q! n( w1 f/ I; ]; W) g

% `; R& j6 G6 u5 |4 i& x5 pUS 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.3 X6 I8 u2 o4 Y7 @9 a" e- W: ~6 l
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区0 p5 ?/ |3 V4 h7 {: C: u
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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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$ t: a# J2 A3 N" K) V"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."6 R( I  e+ J+ r1 R% ^) G4 |: j1 K+ ?
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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.