[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。9 H% f/ i' L& S# i1 j

0 Q; s' L" {2 v1 [! c人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
# ]% a% K( W5 ]/ V+ h* N6 JUS 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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  {- X3 F1 D1 {& L0 ^) MThe 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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4 H; Q/ p; g5 V! ]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.+ g& |0 l: L) H/ A

  b" H/ j/ g; B) U. {- TUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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0 Q3 ^7 T) b$ n" q( sUS 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.
, T1 |  f+ W* A8 k5 {. LMr 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.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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* Q# j3 i) S0 |) NThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区! S+ C" G8 O' ?  N0 a

. c% S/ K% q1 MThe 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.