[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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/ x* l8 ^# e8 w' @2 c- S/ x. Ars238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
( m# W9 p$ B( d; p# QUS 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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5 j0 h, s0 ^) hReid, 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./ G6 M1 ~" Z. Y( b! l9 A7 g. T
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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.# o2 \9 `% E( m1 g3 U
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.: d  \8 G! E% b6 G7 K. g

8 q3 J; {7 E+ p9 |"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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% F( W/ q, ?  d6 d1 _# s1 R' _8 m"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.; ~; V( e, i/ @4 N, y5 @  ^

% r+ T+ b& Z8 d0 NThe 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.