[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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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US8 q1 n9 g. U& d, i3 q0 n
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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+ q1 ~, ^; H- S  z/ i) W" yThe 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.% O/ ~# F8 U' Q& j( H- y; [8 h
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.# B/ G% q% g. s* S, m+ N8 o

7 ^4 ~+ i% X9 V1 fUS 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.5.35.249.64) \+ {+ I$ A7 {9 s- Q
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.+ W' F7 ]% J- S% l6 ]" Y) ?: j

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# V% ]  ]$ V  ]/ F6 I" A' }/ B& LThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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( @) }0 c6 o2 J1 u, l+ 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.