[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。: w( m2 G5 D' d

8 \$ o: f4 W; e" `/ ZCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
" h* C: z3 Q+ O, l; Z# QUS 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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/ t; i( A0 m- j* W3 i( x! ]4 T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.2 Z# U. P# h% t
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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.0 j8 Q4 H) D3 I2 b9 V. `$ u" ]3 s
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.$ L* {5 W% G9 K, [
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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.7 k: j# A0 m! y+ z  S! s9 i) T
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.5 h' H- ~8 O' L) g+ j4 t+ H3 c$ D7 H7 x

7 w+ h8 S* g: V"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.csuchen.de- I& r- v' @6 P; ]2 T" Y
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"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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8 R; c- d; Q7 m& }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.