[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。6 F# S+ B0 P( F/ u1 {) c. E

$ \$ Y$ ^) U' e& L! ~Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US8 S1 `, N8 S+ M, E4 C5 u( \& q
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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( q6 T) e3 l; |4 `7 o. B5 O  G) V4 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.( y3 ?- {6 [) n0 N' r0 r- r% G
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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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; i) g, l- L; A2 m  `9 N& v) ~US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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( C: {* K6 o' n# E' \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.+ l, B+ a! d6 ]' k3 y) d0 ^: ~# L9 i( j
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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.. ^/ Y& i" b, W& i0 u1 X4 R8 N

8 X" ?$ M# q% W; x$ n7 f$ W"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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: S& i9 U( t( N* SThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.5 q% K7 C0 u4 u

, B0 M: I7 f/ Q; i% m/ V7 _1 A! HThe 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.