[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。2 l( c" w& Q8 X( M8 P

% X8 z6 i. U7 G" Z$ C人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US! G# l( H' G7 F: t
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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- [* s; ]3 \9 b; `, k2 A0 Q4 eThe 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! |4 h+ y( |- ~

7 h4 y& W7 s, l3 ]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.www.csuchen.de- q; Y3 M. J( f2 o+ ~- P
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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% k9 U( M/ H+ F7 N( MUS 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.
9 M0 q  W" y9 S" k) f# d人在德国 社区Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.0 @1 {9 N% F6 j& o+ o& W& l# P

. s+ s; [1 L: I5 O3 z" \8 E, M"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."www.csuchen.de1 A/ r2 W8 h, [( {  {. U
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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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7 W9 J1 j$ S4 G4 [; gwww.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.