[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。& k; O7 V) ^, C; j

& X5 N: k" S- L3 U( ICigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US1 H* H  C: K+ r) M' D: S
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.
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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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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.
# S7 k; M* C9 M! b  rMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts." D4 D2 T4 s2 ?6 n

  o( |6 U4 d, }$ `' t0 X! b/ ~"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.6 e4 D; J9 I; J7 u2 {7 z5 A
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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$ z5 [6 O" O! l% U  ]; Acsuchen.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.csuchen.de, F* G  `8 B; }8 a% K/ M

9 C( h- M3 o9 Z3 [. A+ D, `" w, 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.