[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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5 \/ Z7 J. X  Y/ S4 W& j/ S) KCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US0 g6 X9 P9 ]3 G0 q9 q8 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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& O: k/ X7 x0 \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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 L- f% x& e# C" D0 k9 I1 D& e

6 e- R' {( |9 p" I) T2 tReid, 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., K, B' Z7 l* K! a) R8 ]

1 p: {) {2 D  g- m9 V  \3 |5 ^US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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2 s! [, R& f! X; {( V7 e8 oUS 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de; X6 `, T- s! E) ~
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* e# E) x- H; p  }5 T+ S, R
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.6 E/ q5 f, j0 c) w) K6 c! Q

9 [( N; K' N8 grs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that.". H* p8 C3 j; C5 ]7 t* L- m
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.; v+ r7 J' p8 Y7 t$ q
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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.