[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。" O" {2 z/ y, @2 S' u3 }: b

/ b9 J# p5 i2 g+ ^& TCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de. J3 I. C9 k9 E% M; i
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.0 M# c+ g. w# \5 _8 q4 I% m; |

+ C+ @: ^' z' p$ U# P: l( g$ lThe 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., U6 X9 D8 m$ g7 ]* w

9 u8 v& D" |4 v! a! Q, b  xUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.7 A+ D: y/ k$ |  T  e
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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.
' U" Z( l' N: l( uMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.5 o4 o, u; h6 W

' U! h0 _/ C1 Y  W, d/ Z. `4 x"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 C0 L: u' @( G+ y( Q* V

& J  L& G* ?4 ]; L4 I, ]5 I: \5 i"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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+ J- E* T/ F* l# Y. z1 c9 I5 L+ aThe 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.