[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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9 d# K' o! x2 ]/ S0 I: _& Bwww.csuchen.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US! Z+ o8 s$ |- r1 s8 z
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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The 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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0 Y: u! a. u7 ?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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0 L! l8 m, M! B6 S+ FUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.* [% Y0 h! y7 c: N% L7 {

0 M4 K2 Y, Q2 i  [$ a9 pUS 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.$ `3 F. E( K/ w" ]6 f
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.8 W2 r, ]( C2 m, C5 E

  j- |4 m& ?3 N1 \1 @9 G"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.www.csuchen.de3 Z! r2 n( a4 ~5 U, k" Y

1 D, r" j& U/ Q: t4 \% AThe 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.