[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。' s3 Q6 F& \1 }6 t

6 P, ^* s7 F# G. M6 T& Y1 eCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US  ?: T7 Q% x1 ]. r
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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2 d4 E% }0 S% N3 M: |( b7 U  k7 lReid, 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.人在德国 社区; @. x, \( F" {; Y
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights./ r3 k. g/ o" D
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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.
# R3 A4 t: R9 }. _+ ?3 F- ?Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.7 m5 K% O% p( f" _/ g- d
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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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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.& n' G! f* N& z% M) k3 o) k& {* r

+ u( G" f3 a: t) d4 l) `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.