[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。6 U+ v  |& l" e& {7 C. l

4 E7 }0 v- b3 P# s1 A5 }# H; hCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# ~' v+ s9 Z3 S
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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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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; W- ^; X1 o, W# p( [4 uReid, 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., Y* O- |$ i/ A# S
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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% M5 P3 @. {: Z8 g3 X7 YUS 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.- `7 R6 T8 R+ g+ I
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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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1 _5 Z/ H, A8 x' l* G"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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' ]* P& ~4 b$ Y/ P; kThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.' C9 i% A# [7 R( e& G

2 W4 |4 C8 S1 y6 C1 y) T" ers238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.