[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。人在德国 社区! T/ l2 V9 S: |, n: T" a6 ~

: t1 H" u1 T8 R& PCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US0 _1 I: b9 d6 W( f/ \
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.- K9 t- T' H8 d. m* B! u

' q3 Y' H" A" Q8 HThe 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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4 X$ e& X' l- T2 \+ ?% s' W人在德国 社区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.. K5 m& N/ c2 O6 i: a& z2 m

  r$ r7 R+ K8 c7 iUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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2 Y/ |+ p* W" @" P$ x4 q! Rcsuchen.deUS 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.
+ G" p7 R+ m2 J0 z, ^Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.+ ~+ `' J: m0 _: y) D
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.& Y: v. P5 v/ R; [; M4 d- l/ o

" n6 L6 \! H: d; p) b7 V) F& \& gcsuchen.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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3 S' H/ v9 ~2 |, a2 hThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.