[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。% @5 }% H$ r) A/ P8 a

4 l3 K& i' h6 y4 oCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US3 Y# R$ d/ R8 y9 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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6 `) i$ i3 P& t6 S; {rs238848.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.) L$ t6 _- t1 `/ w- @- Q
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.8 j4 W1 Z, C; q% F5 d

- o; h0 w) Q8 d7 R! c/ ?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.
( R/ f8 [2 _! q; C+ M8 NMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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' F, v5 T) N6 \1 ?4 M6 n" F/ J: j"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."& Q1 g% Y" Z( W( M7 D  {: N
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.$ H& X0 @( l" U) j
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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.