[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。人在德国 社区7 \5 k/ F7 f1 q/ A

2 o8 K9 M9 S$ y人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
5 s2 s4 I1 Q9 p( }2 QUS 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.* u2 G& `' \- m9 K! R' w- \

/ t& `; @0 j+ i. UThe 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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" ^( o5 k! y* C' }2 |' _8 }. FUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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8 a; U) o  v/ PUS 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.) |9 Y8 u$ D- u
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, ^7 x' v$ j/ o3 f( I
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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+ }( I- D) M9 ^) Q  ~* nThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.$ b& w: f6 e! `$ u- i6 B% Z

/ w# i) `0 \, n' ^# cwww.csuchen.deThe 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.