[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': US
8 b- v$ O- P- K0 ~0 ^1 DUS 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.! r# D) O' L* A* G. y

3 A1 n8 S9 ]8 @9 `, WThe 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.
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$ Z. W9 n" X7 V/ h' 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.
7 o  l7 d# N, e$ E+ ]5.35.249.64Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.5.35.249.64' P; z4 f1 \* J" {" P, U

( S  s- G; c' M. b$ n8 \人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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/ J) a3 y8 t  M) T' u) f/ f"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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/ ?) F0 ]4 o/ ^0 oThe 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.