[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。" P2 U  A2 K# W# j0 Q

8 A$ ^  {* z( c- hCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
- g% ?3 s, C7 uUS 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." z  r) C- Y+ J  E3 z
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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.人在德国 社区9 q8 z# o# K$ C  L0 N

5 k1 V7 B8 P8 K2 Z+ V* vrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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.8 C* d! g* A2 x, d+ |% G+ X8 y# a
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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.
/ y' \! F% r, C. @9 @7 ?) b0 Y5 brs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ l2 M0 `7 Z$ q; v8 ~4 k

( F3 X0 @' l2 l, T  L. }" irs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de6 L+ L3 V, P5 i" C  C8 f

5 o. Z# a  o$ O- i4 e6 l人在德国 社区"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.