[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; x) `' w/ Y% V& G7 |9 k

3 ~1 f1 o9 j9 t/ H- y$ ]1 hCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ A8 N* W" G, m
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.+ e) e+ G( f. g9 Z2 [8 P1 Y5 G

, x7 {/ R% C6 S& c7 KThe 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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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.- C1 B( X+ Q- T' S. H4 Q8 n4 j) ^

5 L0 c9 l5 O7 o* {* `& K. R- KUS 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.- u% X2 ?& W  v, a- @
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.8 M0 D. K6 h9 d8 J1 m

! m& g. u7 g9 W- E4 v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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de$ V8 c) G' ?: c# T
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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.
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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.