[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
" n) C5 V: l2 G* B- 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.) \# ]8 ]0 b% k

2 o7 L! k6 g( OThe 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.* c% Y5 O6 p9 l

$ W& k3 E2 E) t( J: [3 g  BReid, 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+ t/ J2 m0 d' y1 d
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.% S+ {4 N% Z! x3 k1 {
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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.
2 p2 a$ O$ `) G' l4 \- S7 EMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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) l* t0 ^; k8 {$ x- H0 S& H# ]; ]"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.- I$ p! k$ Q5 t- Q& A. s

- F) @, d. p4 q& a3 k/ \www.csuchen.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."1 B5 O# Z- g5 R5 z1 H* z7 [. z

% f- o1 x9 w" K; s2 JThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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( Q' F# I/ _) H5 t1 M" d人在德国 社区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.