[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. b+ R9 q. @2 y
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.) o$ }: d# L# B! x, S3 E
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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.6 }1 P9 D: E, s

, o" Y$ \0 s% d3 ?5 `) I& k) _- KReid, 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.5 _4 [3 \6 V, Z0 z6 h5 k, N
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.3 a0 h# r) T. x4 Y" w
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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.! g# k" A1 w  @$ }3 v
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts., a4 ?4 a, R, m0 ^# a( E; c' I4 a

5 y# J% |  r. F, c& M- @"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.2 D: e1 C. s. t' B1 J# H" R$ ?

7 g8 y9 ?7 t: T, G' f# q8 M"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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3 W1 e7 p1 n6 U+ U) BThe 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.