[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
9 g8 H7 P5 M2 e8 H5 a- M$ SUS 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.) G/ C0 c" b7 U0 k* s/ C
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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) I, ]; \( s' i: ~' A7 a+ v2 g8 J

' _7 o1 C- q  a0 R# yReid, 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.www.csuchen.de% {# v# H  G5 F7 [& b

: s: r6 P  Y* g, Z6 f4 yUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
( K+ |5 s' g& }# ^/ t$ dMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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" g  B' _+ O) A8 c! g1 G5 Y"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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! B  B: }- I" ~6 i' Pwww.csuchen.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."3 q5 D2 J. d1 [+ V

  T, U- p& E. k/ l2 DThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区% F3 H1 H) ~' B

& X' W% L) P* T- k. A5 RThe 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.