[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( _& ~) X' X3 z9 Q
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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4 c' |) v% k$ h' _7 w. M* {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., R, T4 A% o! ~& N$ b0 N7 ]. y
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.5 f2 D. p$ W' b4 I1 J

1 r  G- |* e8 n: A( A+ u' @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.! |! [5 ?) h# r1 \% I; r
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# B2 S3 k  ~) n0 v! f% Y7 q$ }
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# X8 }, g, _$ G4 X8 H( y5 ~3 E

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& w* y( l# D/ U0 n  M, B( J- J# H% EThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.- j0 B) ?- Y& m# X( O+ A
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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.