[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。0 S- ^6 B; D# e
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US$ O' V' `/ i3 u
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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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.
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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.
3 n8 g1 Q" _( f3 d9 dMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.3 [2 f3 V, h) i8 z/ T& _& I0 [1 E9 a

- v7 [4 s/ v! b$ d"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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8 G4 |& Z. S2 c+ @8 E$ }2 ]/ E"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."7 I& c+ S- Q% t9 i8 @. ?7 d

- F3 f; Z. T  H4 o7 J+ i" ^! q* qThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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& R; k9 `* F; c/ F% ?9 SThe 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.