[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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  H+ T) J. ?/ h! `Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区7 b& d, e! J8 k& o
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.% B; [. X7 M% h5 ~3 L9 _7 r

* `9 U/ m: ^% u  q6 n# K5 Xwww.csuchen.deThe 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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3 O) F! R9 o5 ]- 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.
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( `" x6 ]2 z. [人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.www.csuchen.de4 z: s- ?* D  z$ A( b
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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.
+ ?* D" i; B0 g* i2 E; X1 ^5 l, c5 xMr 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.6 A5 r- {, Z0 R4 E& F  T% I5 O

7 f7 f* g, G/ e+ y9 S9 c2 n* h"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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2 \4 v, w" f% n/ O5 Y& i0 GThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区+ }  J1 O- Q( O) C$ v

4 V3 V. w4 U4 S# Z$ |2 q人在德国 社区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.