[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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8 y  K$ N* Z4 L: cUS 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.# }5 q  ]8 {9 B1 Z

1 t3 s* L- a+ LThe 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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- ]/ P4 C, p5 e- V9 }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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" m: a3 E9 w, D2 |, y2 r5.35.249.64US 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.
, d. v+ ^6 X+ k3 fMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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! D" T8 G. p* L3 v9 C0 t# W1 _: F"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.5.35.249.647 c/ X: l( S5 ?6 Z6 _

9 ^$ N* }, R( Y7 i3 q2 s  Z, l"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."7 Y* @! X# i# a) k

& q& w* @/ K7 J4 d5 H- i2 p# iThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.; `+ M' N) c6 @8 T& \& |8 Q# I

. O6 Y/ e0 T' ~. h. k4 K! A3 vThe 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.