[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。, y+ j; ?1 f7 g, ^

; ~- L" b1 g& x$ k, i0 wCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
1 [3 C7 i8 K/ `3 Y+ q% [$ h& Z% qwww.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.
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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.9 a1 |+ Z3 W2 M3 l; U
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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.www.csuchen.de, @2 j; U6 g' L2 Z1 \" G
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.' R( s3 P+ d1 d0 U1 t/ x( c
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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.$ W; ]: _" Z. ~% g2 l9 q0 a
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.www.csuchen.de2 E! K4 X. c4 W6 D
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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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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区5 ~2 q/ [- C6 n- a3 P. d1 l
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.# L9 }# T8 f2 ^$ E

" V( C: H  Q- X, }/ b8 L8 Uwww.csuchen.deThe 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.