[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。' x) l* Z1 i( U8 w" y7 z. A

$ m- B# x1 I+ O- g# ^* V$ f6 LCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': UScsuchen.de, J% l* c! N5 M8 \% {/ v# i6 |
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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, A! u8 b" d$ n' ~) W+ v, WThe 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.) B4 z* ]9 X" o
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.! z" H( {  r& q( ?  s3 n
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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7 O3 W% m. e7 u3 j"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.csuchen.de% w( u7 p7 V) s
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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) {  v; c8 J& {. H  h# tThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters./ i  R1 O) _4 g! s: k3 V7 U6 S
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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.