[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% J( v- a4 P% n: C9 a9 ?6 W

5 E8 H5 N/ F0 e$ |; v人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US  J7 t6 ^, S- j- \6 l: O
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.1 A; a) D& r4 @

* G9 h4 S3 K. A$ h3 `6 I# B, dwww.csuchen.deReid, 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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2 N+ J( i' s2 Z7 |- H( \www.csuchen.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.www.csuchen.de0 {! ?* ]) ]6 a# n4 ?% P& f

3 {' O! N0 M# D" vUS 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.www.csuchen.de8 C- Z  g& g6 N$ c8 V7 T9 j* P
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.$ b. S9 D% U0 t8 T) f8 \

1 N) ^1 \1 {: H: |& @! [8 t"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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1 O  _& v# c: k. jThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.