[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# j8 j0 |8 _* M  p

2 y3 D% [( G( t" Z* u人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区$ U" {/ u$ }/ G. r* s7 F
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.3 v9 M2 R$ H) ^' T, D2 F
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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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& u1 L. W( U: F8 B# Qwww.csuchen.deUS 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* G: M0 Q( P% g
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区" P( z+ @7 }8 z" r0 {; S
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区  c  D# s0 S* Y9 B

, G, F! q2 ]2 ]1 N2 y4 _www.csuchen.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."1 O0 D0 l3 E  v6 W, s2 Y+ h
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The 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.