[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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  t+ _% F- j' k1 N8 E; x' v2 GCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US3 g5 O. u7 t2 x0 \
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.www.csuchen.de  g- Z1 ?' q" ~4 ]+ y/ ?& y
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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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; V. v2 t- c- p- Q( m$ UUS 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.人在德国 社区+ Q( Q, @# x) t
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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# l) z; z) i. }9 m* T# S"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.www.csuchen.de# N% Q9 |: u# i% f" e5 T) d

* W$ }# O2 f, n' D- r# B) F5 D" y6 vwww.csuchen.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."www.csuchen.de; ~& J; ~3 u1 a$ \9 _

, x0 n- n$ A2 X; VThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.) N9 w6 M& B* z! t( l: |- ]

$ [9 i! m/ X0 p  k$ i2 R; ^7 l+ z) E6 U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.