[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。csuchen.de& e! b8 l6 A2 @; _& z: k( D
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
2 O7 l5 L# X) @+ G& ?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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: T1 t* d& q5 Z0 Vcsuchen.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.2 C2 d' b( d4 y7 Q/ I9 {* l5 O) d9 J: v

0 n- f9 d2 d5 k4 \5 @9 K$ j3 zcsuchen.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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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.
# W9 z9 j* U4 U8 {: T1 |csuchen.deMr 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.9 E8 d7 M; Z( i$ ^( n# C$ K7 n
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区: [! l" `  z4 ]8 |( v2 k
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.csuchen.de8 Y; J0 V' C' n9 z4 s, Z# d

/ L9 y; J) e) E# `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.