[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': US6 V9 J; L2 {9 I2 d7 V- L
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.: J& Z- l3 [( k
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ a& X; b* J* p7 v& [- E8 n1 J& ~

% D7 m0 p3 a+ CReid, 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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$ l! F0 n5 T  y- fUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.% I5 v$ M: }+ N$ z

; K5 g% H* Q" k  h) W4 M+ TUS 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.# j5 ]! p- b  w# [7 p1 w/ n% E5 U1 W
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.2 q' e( c+ f$ K+ Z$ l4 r3 k# s

( V6 ]9 y- v) x"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.2 B0 E' W* ]# q; U6 N

/ x( y, z& l. [. [9 ?rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."$ p  a7 {( L1 r, B9 f

# n& ~- X8 @5 x7 c6 BThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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1 `1 m. r' x! L2 `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.