[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.de8 m* \( e! i% _2 J2 a

# W* E3 T6 [& ]; CCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
# R# q2 @2 X; U7 LUS 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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1 ^( ^3 ~; B; ]+ zThe 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 D% q, p! }0 g: k# c; `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." y# J8 O1 F$ I7 J
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.) Y- D6 x* b' V7 q5 k$ ?' i
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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.
& T* {: q% w  `$ NMr 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.. l2 D4 k+ G: X$ S) o

. X( C2 W) D3 h+ }% n8 e6 }"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."1 z% n7 L% L- ]$ a' W7 W
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.3 \; l7 ]1 ]- j  ]9 g/ n. ]1 B; s# \' N
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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.