[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。9 X& n0 ?: i  V5 x' K4 @& }+ s) G9 h
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
% P; V& \+ {7 \4 E( UUS 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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: ?% K9 u# G5 x3 M! i$ Tcsuchen.deThe 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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0 `# V: l, Q0 q( \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.8 E/ o7 ~& _9 _0 o/ `2 p  {4 S) X7 ~  w* X
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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9 L# v  P: s/ h/ l# }# kUS 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.
  j1 W  @) m9 L! t5 }2 o" w6 uMr 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 ?4 Y) }' V9 ~( A6 P"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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* q( z; m, z0 I0 w( W"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."% s3 o: Q' D. D5 ]7 ^# Q% E; b# e8 `

/ v, z" V/ u( G$ d) pThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.