[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6 }7 Q  d/ N9 w9 T0 L/ H( T

% [) G6 \5 e" c0 b% @3 I! M/ v5 U6 HCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
4 R% N' W) U' J$ w% |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' R' i% F9 y( R+ {& |- w4 Y/ r6 L
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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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* X/ j! R/ N- s+ Y, k; Y$ IReid, 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.3 Z+ D) Z4 U% I$ R# f
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区2 h4 `2 @! t& z. |$ V1 c
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 D3 N% @# n& s: d' ]) u1 {
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.9 g( N' X% F/ d( x
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区9 y0 T$ P- ]( [* M) W; V( b

% O! i$ X! \1 i  |: e% J3 y"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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. |0 i$ `; }% E4 b. U) u, KThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.