[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。
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US6 Q" J* m. m  z0 g) k
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.人在德国 社区7 \) {; Y4 F1 g' Z* g
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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.. O" C! z% f: C& D; j6 B6 Q
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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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.- m  m3 D3 F* N( y

  q2 s- Z6 p5 J! ]/ Q* a" X+ y6 |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.$ e0 j7 @, S: T2 c( u- z
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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6 d3 w* |7 L+ c5 E"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 b6 P! J+ H% c

& N0 i8 G- Y2 ^. R% K"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."8 t& x& h( z, U

: a# }; O3 l. y- lThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.; B& W) D" F# s& ~1 q

1 m. \9 m3 C+ V1 ers238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.