[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' ?4 g. T4 W, V! _& B1 z" e
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US1 X$ R, Q) @) z8 {
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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/ O; X2 K' B( J1 `9 h2 v4 d人在德国 社区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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+ G& {+ y: x( n3 e" {1 N0 j人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.
  \1 k* R* Q1 z. J/ T! o. v4 KMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts./ E" U$ `5 p% O: I& O

3 Y$ x& {! J6 q  e0 k"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.8 r* _2 w  z9 ^# ^& G/ u

4 z3 F$ V* P2 P9 T. e- Z# Lrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."7 O+ R- t4 v( k' T% n
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区5 J! N) w! x. g7 h

- i* }" w% }" v' `6 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.