[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# s/ C8 ^6 x# D# R
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
) a8 o' @$ }7 v8 lwww.csuchen.deUS 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- A3 X1 Q4 ?5 a) |* g2 |$ I+ x2 n
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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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7 A+ p' N2 Q0 VUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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2 ]) T* [0 t9 b1 w( R6 nUS 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 L. x+ m9 A; U% s) g) F' Z. N0 C
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.www.csuchen.de: d9 U+ Y; E) c

  M5 d& A& @/ o2 S人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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9 a3 w; E- S/ s# s8 R8 U"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.9 S( v% g7 \) t& e. m: _! o, O

; J+ _, u) w9 iThe 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.