[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US' `1 g' n* k( U" b- k0 s
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.2 U1 I. _; r5 I6 b2 Z! N4 _$ r

9 R6 s, U. h/ Q+ t: iThe 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.- K* n; q* P- ?
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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.: u0 p8 Z$ a1 z/ k

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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.
; Q6 x% k% Q/ S& u  K" [Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.5 L: G* D8 F& w- h! w% z
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.: o2 ?9 P9 o8 \; t1 q
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."$ R+ f8 i9 i/ v2 d+ ^# F

! F4 d1 ?6 h, H7 o8 G: Xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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- d( V+ I+ P5 n3 T" Y2 Q7 `rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.