[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/ }! k+ Z1 C. t4 L
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de8 g' h5 E  f4 w$ X5 g
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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4 @' h$ R. p1 S# A. ^# U* Ors238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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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2 ^. N- J$ R3 u. V8 gUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.4 ^- T# _* V8 W0 G$ J
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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.
# K  ~5 x  {2 i" b! w. Frs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr 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.+ [  b! y2 f8 Z, s2 E- t- c
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."8 a* d  x% u* Q# b3 s) q9 O

4 O+ l& d# A0 _/ Y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.人在德国 社区0 D. H9 \# K5 G- W, X

/ [* s5 |, O0 T5 D: H( q人在德国 社区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.