[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。' X- Q- m" J( @* ?/ u
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
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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.1 D' }, X6 P& j9 X5 t

4 _9 o4 _8 e4 a! J0 o; B/ D* xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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.# W# `& ?0 X% o- g+ r" h' W
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.; V5 E! y8 m# j) P

: W1 s6 M" g1 |rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.( v$ o# M! W# F8 |
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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. ~7 k! b: m0 G  Q' G* Irs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"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."
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# n. v" s! D( T, E" h( [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.