[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。& ]1 t; \: z( d
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': UScsuchen.de/ q2 ~" O  [6 X4 |! U# w
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.csuchen.de4 w5 F1 T% ^9 U; x

% L4 J3 r& U4 D* X$ e3 x3 v2 oThe 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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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.& M% D! z; Q6 F5 \8 h! _, ~* L% V# j

' A9 g6 g3 D8 m' h$ z7 nUS 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.
0 B1 Y6 K& M) J0 a: JMr 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, q: U" G9 `- N0 G/ M: ^: w" F5 `

8 _9 E5 F6 d, `! b5 k& |"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.csuchen.de- W" ^% C: T1 }3 M
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The 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.