[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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1 g, a9 g0 e3 q9 yCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US9 r, ]5 q7 I: x. M
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.; j; Z. k5 C2 Q. l) Q6 k

5 z7 t8 f' `" bThe 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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- n( M* Z1 v' F% B3 R人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.. i4 Y( v2 T8 L4 Z$ B
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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.7 j% b! F4 M/ U
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.! p" K; _5 P1 C- P2 T7 M
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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" X1 [8 @' b! h& Z! ?The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.* U8 ~9 q( z! K: O" P
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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.