[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+ y6 q3 T% G- j7 i5 w9 J9 a) Z
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
+ `& U6 v# 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.7 T" i3 I1 {! d7 s, m2 m

8 u6 A) m# j) [2 [/ h3 \  ^- F' l5 y  MThe 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 S2 v' G8 w5 M

) X1 A7 H7 K" o% k2 e" l. X8 ^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.& D% ^! U. I' o5 V# a5 F

# l- r8 O  U2 j! }: I/ s5 N人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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+ T9 Q/ c. b: E& o# SUS 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 B# Q0 H  x& Z4 D8 e: Z
Mr 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.csuchen.de( ]5 D9 L& P7 N& V4 {

) ^$ G9 o/ X+ k+ w/ r5 X5 n* X"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.6 T7 f. J: y5 Z7 N- r
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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.