[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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8 @2 x* p9 t, |5 `; {) ~' ^% tCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
. Y! w: n* P$ S* M6 W& r' gUS 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.- m$ r$ w6 ?. ^9 P& s# ]

+ o# ]6 ~/ c1 w$ Rcsuchen.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.人在德国 社区: M- @4 |) K& N- \4 Y* t; H! V1 J8 {

/ U& ^$ Q) I- \) @. @- E9 L" W+ ~  p5 A. tReid, 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.# v  Q0 J( e. _% b/ t) E: T

9 L8 i# ]: ]: X* {/ L+ W& Y  p$ f; ?US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区, Z1 _7 I: R) F

3 k1 A+ i. O6 }' t8 uUS 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.
0 d9 u: r7 H% K% q% E$ P5 DMr 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.  D2 P% t7 ^5 u2 V& D
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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% P: m2 l1 p4 o8 a: ~The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.; N$ G! Y. @  m4 X* ?
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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.