[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 {! g0 U. h, W* \! t7 A# C' O
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US9 f9 d' x- h( \6 f! p
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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  V6 ?$ \& v, h/ i9 G6 Y* {0 l  TThe 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.de4 @4 S. a5 j. L# s4 _
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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./ X  B9 t* t* j8 n( G' ~6 G' E

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6 v( d% A8 l5 F9 u# [$ M# \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.* q. R) F# B2 r$ t% S+ H
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.5 L( M3 n: j6 n0 k. G. V) C$ S( {

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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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( v. c; p* A% V/ PThe 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.