[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。csuchen.de4 ~8 }1 ?+ r1 X+ k6 n
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
7 s7 e4 V6 R  K' U1 LUS 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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5 }7 J4 Y. \# {. y2 W5 }+ tThe 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.$ J, v, X( m1 P" }% s5 c3 V* D/ x5 p

/ K6 _  \) x, F6 ?9 z) p8 MUS 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.2 q0 @! {* [1 [7 P% P
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.4 e& o" L. a7 j# T/ [
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.  u" B( A5 n: }3 p
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."  R; J$ |' \3 p6 I6 Z+ a! H; H
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.8 \. p! x; S8 Y* |, h
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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.