[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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/ c0 E" J  U$ F. P: t; ZCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': UScsuchen.de! e, a# G- S, _  v# W# Q6 O9 O! A
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., b( k$ D0 T2 H; f" U7 y
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.* o' \1 k# t8 o. Z

5 z6 V9 j8 e* h# |+ o( B/ I1 v! Y$ t4 ?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.( I1 c" D) C% b, |& ^
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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6 g+ M; f* R/ m' v& a. u$ d"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.1 o& \( @3 Z5 u( _" B! p
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."  D+ a4 o) U0 g* d5 Y, p

" w; B. c7 C0 }7 n/ F' scsuchen.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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$ T' v. b- A% f+ f! {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.