[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。
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# k: g0 H) q! x* L( u3 ICigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# M9 W! H( Z% H
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& C. l* P2 |3 V# n

. n% B) ?8 [- [1 L* o$ y- ~The 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., d4 D  R6 U) K
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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 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de; \7 w( C% n; h! I* x
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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. X, o" y5 _; u# _3 R0 B+ d. e" V"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.4 f9 Q5 P3 Y1 [( `+ b4 e

5 H$ v0 ~5 g2 Z) _6 o7 @1 o7 h"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."( O# e4 D" k; S. }: `

; E7 p; o7 ?- S, Z2 Krs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.( L& A# N( v- Y0 \: v

. k9 L$ n! w+ ^- Y3 Y. S$ `rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.