[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 d) {- f+ i% r7 ~' w8 p
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
  I4 n1 s, l6 A6 o( u  SUS 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de. k! F7 \, k  u5 b6 e
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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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% C. W/ V) `# y1 d) X2 G. Z5 KReid, 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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% S4 B( ^/ n! a7 [2 u! o6 yrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.* i8 I0 |+ a5 L- W" R/ [

  T6 F  L0 ?8 O5 RUS 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.0 k: o; T0 ]0 G$ x# ]$ v  g6 M
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.* q! b4 ]: @/ h: _+ h" E4 V8 s

# l1 s. z0 l1 N9 w"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区8 c0 t" m$ Q5 ?& U$ |5 U# U4 c; S

4 x- ]" w0 }% n: o/ J# l5 t"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."# V6 r' P. d) _, u8 R" V+ n

/ c% B7 A+ Z+ D/ L8 R2 T" K$ Q人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' A/ ^* E( `* n( F# ^& w
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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.