[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。8 q5 q6 s0 X8 C) h5 F: y
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区; F! t8 m: ~2 R: m' Q' U
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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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.www.csuchen.de& f" b4 f5 K, y

  ?5 m: z) P% f3 q0 s+ V7 Q9 hReid, 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.人在德国 社区4 S. q' P+ x  z1 Q/ |/ c+ ]

; \; V' k% l- M+ p" j6 `www.csuchen.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights./ a1 B; K' s# q# P7 x

) E" b7 A) E4 U  q! [3 DUS 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 Q  A$ O7 g" U, F; S
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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.1 }1 B* [# Y2 A/ K8 I

& e* R& }% M, h( ]"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that.". K/ h0 V7 V" @

8 y0 [7 q+ B  W4 fThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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# ?! D" u$ ~; |( B, W$ swww.csuchen.deThe 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.