[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。' @8 I$ |; \; b& T9 p& E
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
, v% V2 r" N/ t* l. jUS 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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. [0 x+ U  I8 v. QThe 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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6 B* b1 q. K$ U+ ?& s5.35.249.64Reid, 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./ B1 l; F; N1 L* p6 v
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.# d5 t3 X9 g6 M, i

* @+ O4 ~( p7 J0 ]: S2 d5.35.249.64US 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.
9 {. C3 ?5 |( Z. @* l5 \Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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3 R( O% {8 g4 V: D5 N, i"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.5.35.249.64+ X4 Q( P) h- @0 Z& K# O

8 {: S' K+ c1 N) f"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."5.35.249.64( V# x6 E& H! O3 P9 S" G- _
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The 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.