[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, T1 p2 P' \' n% t8 D, u6 m

1 F2 b/ T  S* v/ ]/ W# ]4 f人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
" w& J' Y) O6 ]. G4 k9 ^( nwww.csuchen.deUS 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.de  ~" a8 o* b/ B7 W+ L* 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) O1 u8 w, ?: K- ]/ n
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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, |/ i+ X! o) J4 M* c$ X3 gUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.# Z3 X+ {' r2 t$ U0 ]; ]5 B  @0 L  j

# \* _9 P% m& y3 I: M7 N+ G) fUS 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0 K" m7 ]% ?# f" M3 I& Y4 u' v( r+ r
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.! H  _" B; e/ ^7 e! R

9 N, r+ d% k2 g"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.6 j, L- O4 M% o+ A+ N" |

, I' t) ?/ ~( l, }* d6 P"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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( i; C! X& r: H0 twww.csuchen.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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+ o, k5 N3 t! R4 b) t/ O, F5 dThe 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.