[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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, ?" O  g3 b" `" K6 P, Q& UCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
. ~$ H: F; m6 ~2 t1 u0 TUS 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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. c2 T8 c0 d0 \- PThe 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.& F4 G1 K/ z( D' a1 M" v
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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.
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, A3 F* [+ T2 Ars238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.
: n# f+ }) [+ W% oMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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$ ?! W- L0 x4 F$ }: ~"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."; u6 R5 H6 y- Q

5 W; J+ O' {) Z" |1 f% G+ W+ t0 aThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.6 H) X9 t9 P: `) C: |/ B4 M
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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.