[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': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 ~# R. `4 ^+ `6 q! [: ^/ p
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.  M2 n) A1 E5 \) v
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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.9 `' P3 [# q+ b" s3 Y& H' o% ~8 ~
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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.7 I0 I4 s7 Q6 V+ y) O

9 f& y6 \4 H+ A2 ZUS 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 a4 m6 X1 B& Y' K$ F) b$ z! g3 m4 w
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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9 t, U& W$ ~- T) P8 q* H! Q"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.* E+ y# c* ]! m) L

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0 X( H4 y! X& R$ @4 Z; r( w* G! I+ @rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.