[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
1 l+ @+ T- `* p  U( kUS 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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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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4 B. m1 ~) v8 h& d. EUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.8 M6 ^! A2 k) j* g

7 |( A- n: u% w+ a, ]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.
. M% E& V( ~8 m  u) zMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.  W1 }5 r& h( y% v# v' z1 l& Z1 }

9 }$ E8 I) A/ z* t4 [" L$ P" r- U" ["The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.+ s6 K! }  K6 I" L1 X( S) q) R# k
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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4 t6 Y1 c4 I8 e0 k1 `% q/ s% CThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters./ b; {; J9 _( V# s# s3 n0 y, @

+ e0 i' W- I6 A8 [3 R# T2 N1 qThe 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.