[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。6 R7 z1 _+ X8 l9 k. s
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
/ s0 q4 x! a/ K# G! K$ ]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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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.& @0 S0 a$ }9 I6 a  Q; \

! x' e" \6 e) P0 UReid, 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./ u! }' r# `: w
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
5 G% u# `0 t3 M9 ~/ X0 x- {" F( R6 PMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts., P' i0 x# j( e# r* F2 U" H9 |; Y

+ r) y7 Q- v- e"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& x' r3 T9 l4 k- Y  ]7 P* O

, `- ^# G% K1 Y% M! \4 z& k"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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! y" Q! `2 ^) ^, SThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.% |$ U* k/ _: Q5 C( V+ K) w# v/ d
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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.