[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。0 I( p: P, g( Z- ?  T7 x1 G

( \8 N+ W! y/ Q+ q. J( u& t. j; d0 B. dwww.csuchen.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USwww.csuchen.de# |9 m% _1 e( R* a4 `* ]0 J4 {3 ~" Q
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.
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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, ]4 P9 K6 ~  |' @2 ]! O& ]
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.. E! E6 ]8 \; T, k0 l
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.www.csuchen.de1 d  a+ X8 ~) b6 ?& m, H

$ Q2 r) o; B6 ~( m"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.. Z1 }. d1 V% g

0 j+ h. D+ R' L2 T! r& t"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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& v' U  b1 i, ]! v4 @$ o# n# LThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.www.csuchen.de6 b( Z% w* N. h7 }1 I' F- L0 ^) T3 v
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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.