[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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- V& Z. O- Y4 ^Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US/ g/ S& m" u4 y* z" r
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.
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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.
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6 ~& E; `, h) M% O7 v9 Y' p: ~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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! M+ ~" [: X  f0 \- P% C9 j. R/ LUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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3 `6 b2 N2 p1 m& d4 _5 c' qUS 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.
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- V6 P9 F& c0 Z6 l2 {' Y: m" p"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."( J& S) i. e# K0 e
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters./ |, @/ a/ A/ S- [& B/ k1 ]/ x7 S: @

4 E" h" M7 H$ o' AThe 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.