[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' X: P( v. b. K: `1 q. g' e

3 Q% N. R" f; E( XCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
/ s5 X+ K) e' e+ ]2 E. u/ kUS 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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/ B8 L, s& S' q; G& S2 lThe 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.+ R9 C7 [: _  x, x

  B. Q5 a# _  Z& r0 T! a7 LReid, 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.! P7 ]% w4 t0 T+ _, I! v& }: |' ^
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' m$ A# t2 |  }8 Q5 a% l
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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.
6 m4 [) Q$ f( ?% u4 I/ r% PMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.# o+ ^  D6 w4 s( W& _$ j
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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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# K/ w6 F5 B3 _. xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."/ O  I# n* z) x

$ k7 D! h$ U+ |rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.! d* F1 M# S; {

, ]" Y3 c! n+ p* @% a; |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.