[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, g' W) @  q& K. s+ e. c" Y0 F
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
7 @' t0 l4 [- f1 fUS 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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3 ?/ \7 _+ O. S1 l, F( j& ?csuchen.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.csuchen.de) R1 P$ v: y  A0 ]$ z

5 r& A8 p" ]( a$ Y+ f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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.4 h- }/ t8 x: L8 p: U$ m) o

, K4 A% }- O6 `& [7 _4 T0 n$ Ycsuchen.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.csuchen.de2 C' q9 w, }. l- q1 \5 f+ j
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.7 a! L* K' r- z* R& o- L: w9 c# }

* D2 w6 F, F+ x"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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3 O9 X& o& f4 X8 X$ K人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区* ]( ~9 k+ U7 E; _
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.8 b) a* d; Y0 b4 ]4 D+ [% W5 V. u
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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.