[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。) f2 o# ]( k; R2 X( _$ \/ X! w
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US1 ?5 X% L3 P, D0 B" t' r7 ^1 V9 @) N0 F
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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( M- _* [* v0 l% ^& t6 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.* @, v' S' A& L
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# {+ S  b5 O0 [. w/ F6 c

. n+ {# G8 `1 u0 O4 J4 tUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' R0 z. t& D+ d$ F
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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.
- B! O* b$ J, _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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# w1 n4 e- _0 U* N1 `"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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7 J8 D9 z8 L/ @+ X2 x" X, _2 ?"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."( M5 T+ d2 T( [
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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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2 K; O7 Z7 i5 f8 a: L+ q) Krs238848.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.