[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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; k+ Q8 {5 `6 R( WCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US' s3 ^3 i; N/ J7 n) j- G( V
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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7 n& w5 {4 p6 q: GThe 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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% C; {1 g& n  L7 @US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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8 I; z, S9 M: E8 K% y  @rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.
5 q: A6 r* u; J- }8 i5 RMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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" T6 m0 W8 ?" g"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- }' H* u5 C' g  y. q
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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( X8 L$ f6 `4 l$ \+ d  Brs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.$ {& N& ~9 {" i1 @) a( q

9 U- p6 X* O% i, n, Ors238848.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.