[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。
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
% l& T. A  c' I% D/ m: P! 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.人在德国 社区9 Q. e5 x; K3 F, k3 n% p9 \, G

3 `! n# w; C/ F% i7 ccsuchen.deThe 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 U' `( |3 X8 o/ g3 h, S6 t1 H/ n2 {

) u  A, _! U' O% AReid, 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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  [: p: e1 F: y! H) T  i4 u人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.  v, _3 f. x. ]8 g: D( q& B) ]' f7 [
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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.人在德国 社区0 ?/ w7 q7 I& i; x% I
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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% e0 ]" r, h7 ]$ F$ K& ~人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.. T) e" ~8 n8 e
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区' v% ?- ~* X/ T: S

! I9 j/ z9 |3 h9 tThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区+ j5 T2 E+ ^9 Y5 [2 B! f4 v
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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.