[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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. N7 a) E4 m) F; k3 @8 `人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US+ x# ?+ f7 `/ ~5 b' T3 @& ?3 U
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. s+ Z. g/ h0 T6 k( M4 [5 W

1 l2 J2 g$ u* F( trs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.人在德国 社区/ ^* [5 D2 c7 t7 W" ^' n

, a: K* ?" `- M8 {人在德国 社区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.
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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.
+ H8 Y+ E  n, \# R, V, ~7 C! GMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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8 @5 o% M# @5 I) ?/ C+ ^% {! E人在德国 社区"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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5 B+ U: |- s7 {! p6 X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.
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( f; r6 l+ q9 x  qThe 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.