[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。7 q4 ^8 |0 U7 ?, N, Y- n4 [
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de% _% l' R' M1 S' [8 t+ [3 ?
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.1 L4 i2 J5 I) u$ V' Q* p' l7 ~

+ N, @  K: `: K0 \( 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- i' n$ V6 q- u  G& O
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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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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.
  e& K* M3 E  a2 GMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.( z/ U. |7 b- Z; V$ t6 m8 u
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.' d9 s' U/ E; h/ ]; F7 I) ]- v7 c( D

3 v" j' R9 n& Y: a7 O"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.) p" d$ \" h9 Y+ W0 ?# J$ ?/ Q1 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.