[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。www.csuchen.de. O1 z2 i' S7 o, y- M% J+ ^
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US! q) F. l2 p( f9 w
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.人在德国 社区( O! i' q5 `& T1 U

1 J* F% T8 s  V. A- u5 X1 }www.csuchen.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.
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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.
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4 K9 S( F  X% h8 V6 }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.
8 b2 W+ Z: L$ d  @Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.% |0 z1 E) W7 |5 s  _
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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6 b3 I4 t& t0 f, J) k! R% S  \! v"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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$ P! D- F2 S( Y1 t0 p  l7 L: EThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.www.csuchen.de- c7 ], b! ?0 D7 p# |. \% m1 ^

/ H3 N) n1 z3 GThe 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.