[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。  w: m# Z. n& p8 j, B

& v, K( W1 C; [人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
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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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8 |! [+ h' K. D" h3 AReid, 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.4 {4 f$ a3 w0 q8 m

( g5 U5 m$ W) lUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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. D7 E3 j: L$ n' HUS 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.csuchen.de' V; H3 `% E! H" k% s7 Q
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- u* {; I+ x- w1 p: R) }4 e; ~: N
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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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, l6 l; [  [1 f# c5 scsuchen.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."csuchen.de  v7 d% ]  D0 t! _, [% x5 r

0 w1 T# z2 v- A$ I9 B6 Ccsuchen.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.' h* E* q/ z7 Y

' z+ m0 j& S9 |9 g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.