[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。人在德国 社区8 b5 J; r' E5 A. X8 S
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 c+ }# y! P7 m
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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  E' g& S2 e. u* 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.) ^; c2 A+ T' }& ^

  P  P2 F* S/ {- {* `" MReid, 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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( W  l8 T! H/ M8 S人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.: ?! T: b3 I# b; I5 O! W

0 x$ F: ]. v/ v  l) s. x人在德国 社区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.
+ u6 H3 S% y# B1 v6 R2 Z' @, xMr 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.5 c5 M7 G6 h; C9 B: l# U

7 X1 p+ ]$ [8 {5 K# A$ B"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区1 W: h/ p. A2 ?  _9 U

' i2 O0 k2 c1 e) @& vThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.$ |' x6 a* B7 C- P" V( }) C

8 p/ k, o+ }, J: \7 o7 L: A, M8 PThe 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.