[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。+ I6 c! M+ P# l- ?5 j# P# u# l

4 W- M* ?3 O. }) N8 u/ ACigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区: v3 }5 K  @; @
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.7 s, b( l8 O- ?3 m

: `+ Z3 Y4 j! C$ n" Z3 {! |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., Y3 l+ \  C; W- X% i. u3 M+ `+ _

7 v) u, A8 g! X2 \$ ^' LUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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6 ~$ D/ L, [  a$ j0 T' ]人在德国 社区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.
/ h! I6 U- ~0 k$ Z9 d$ p8 IMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区% b3 i4 \& U. |  z5 q
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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( \" u* v8 n- AThe 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.