[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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* g% f' D$ U; s- |5 j( L; |Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
! j- D/ j5 H2 B$ h) F2 cUS 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.: `) J/ ^0 L+ V# d5 w& S; Q- L0 `% z

, r: x9 ], j* U. e' j+ F; j' ZThe 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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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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de9 g& ]; K" W5 [

9 f0 o, w; ]6 \. r9 kUS 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.
% Z5 o" J1 f, J7 W. Q. _Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.6 |) g) X5 O  V& e; v  O' U/ `7 I
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.) L% j, H# T& G8 M% X

$ T# z: W' Q, ?# W8 E. j' [( `"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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0 M- ~& d, f1 o- C2 ]; d; e/ @The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.' d5 B3 W) F& P4 e# O  `) g" w
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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.