[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.de0 B1 P* {: I" }0 @2 X' P- [9 {
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
0 `3 T& T! r' S6 T" a7 qUS 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.5 ]  c% l9 l5 g0 ]6 R

3 N7 ?; u5 m+ c0 ~0 \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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( I( J0 P, F7 MReid, 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.' |! f& h+ M- k& n% Y  x/ _

$ G3 w7 T3 a; CUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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1 Q& x1 Z9 E& ^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.
7 O$ A6 k. l, C5 `) QMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.csuchen.de. \; [( l+ V+ F6 @  F1 o
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.csuchen.de) [- h) n% s) v! b; L2 N  X& Q/ `

5 n  z, x# l$ k  Y: E: T"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that.": Z8 d5 h, w1 K5 `* ?

) U5 f9 p; Z0 k  d- v0 j3 ycsuchen.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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3 u7 ~6 K* Y4 |6 E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.