[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。/ K3 C% C3 x$ E$ |) j

  f9 s1 h( N+ N0 sCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
$ M- [0 n) Q+ Y5 E- P# MUS 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.www.csuchen.de5 C, v8 r+ q2 c* F. Y, e/ z
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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; j3 d! K. U6 m! r

; F' l4 N3 x2 O' A/ L" FReid, 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: H6 M' m5 j4 Q/ r# [* }7 [

' k' p9 I" x# z- \( a. m  B7 F5 G4 jwww.csuchen.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区% G. w. {; ?" |  W  u

5 M, z! d3 g& Z) @+ N: R' R8 sUS 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." }+ B/ [$ K. ?( p  V
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.
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) y7 v& b8 H) n; {$ Kwww.csuchen.deThe 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.