[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。/ z# _* ~, k' l0 S9 Z/ `

  S; N$ [  F1 P/ ?. W  w- T+ \; xCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
+ N  ?5 X; _0 E& U9 }( P) L; T3 qUS 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.6 [" }. i$ E4 m9 h5 L% q9 K) x8 x

, G9 O/ k! D& L; cThe 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.1 K7 I" F. r: S
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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.# E8 g& l& n6 B- D: e; v

$ U5 l* G, g1 _/ U; L7 {US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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& J9 X8 P* U3 E7 X6 DUS 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.1 _0 R& `" ^6 W' g* h( D  m" u7 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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( @1 u7 t# `; ^/ H6 D"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.7 R+ r2 ^) x7 d" ]1 A: {

6 n. Z* C7 k- }/ x3 w"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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- K! e9 H+ R( h( |3 fwww.csuchen.deThe 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.