[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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" ~8 p, a' f2 A! D" ~' e9 rwww.csuchen.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
! c6 M) r% V3 L1 L4 DUS 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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! c' S; D) r* j* Wwww.csuchen.deReid, 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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9 g0 f7 M' U$ a9 [* @$ wUS 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.
9 s: l5 B  \# [6 U8 [0 z人在德国 社区Mr 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.www.csuchen.de/ W0 S3 ?5 j5 ~: u* i; F. @
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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! n$ }: T8 e9 E# }/ Q人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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" K% ?; o+ q. h  ~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.