[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。# y$ U7 q6 s" L. h3 S: y

9 Q5 E: G4 ^4 q5 r5 X! y  iCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US# p' @: l2 k+ m+ }
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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$ I2 V, `6 C( R0 S- H( f! w7 ?8 WThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de. m/ [/ _9 f4 u5 h
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de! R1 d$ t6 n: n: b/ o$ C2 V
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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." ?1 F4 ^1 t/ Y6 s- X3 Z* U9 G/ t
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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( i8 ?/ Z7 t7 |, l! N% ?! H' N"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.: V# X, b( Y6 s% E
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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.