[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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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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+ e2 _3 \: C$ T% L' J/ a* {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.
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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.4 M% W; t, C( t
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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  Z! U" G, f: H1 p: K( IUS 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.
2 P3 t; A  T9 F/ Y# j* YMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.8 o( H; D; q% U9 w6 t* n2 p

4 |$ J7 R+ `" F' _  U"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.% |+ c/ D- i% P( x( r! H9 p
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"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." T$ R& |, J+ G8 k$ O7 g" ~

: d/ N6 L7 L) ]# {1 TThe 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.