[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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' y9 d) ^4 }3 A) mCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US" |- [! s' ]* m
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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, @1 A6 Y+ N( r+ B* ~( NThe 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.$ \3 A) R6 t! X2 H) m& W; f1 [3 i: l# x: C
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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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' u% Y  G$ Z- E- I7 `US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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 Y2 f  u0 F9 M3 \" W( M) w2 }6 bMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.. e# h0 L3 i' O2 `* s8 x
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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  N7 X; T4 Z* zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that.". c4 P; U  z6 \0 H1 ]6 J  V$ _

& O% J; G- W) y  V: G9 v2 J0 Z/ wThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.7 O; o! g& S4 s) l) @- F

( U' ?# a, ?  ?8 L1 cThe 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.