[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。3 Y! O. B8 O4 x) V! A1 N

! }  f) B/ X) dCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
$ D* O6 N! h5 T- KUS 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.# x$ }; h, F* O3 @8 \. d

) P1 n- h0 Z; E  C4 xThe 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.; I7 c) [' y- w9 I( l
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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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区# s# H, k( h1 d# l8 B% ?2 j

6 i: `2 `$ m+ @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( ]* W8 ^' j: {! R) A; C
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.& \$ t' r' V# d; D

: X# M) b5 i% m2 U" k0 J"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.6 H0 I# m4 s! u
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."1 c* T% ^. s6 `$ k% J% U3 g

' i+ M2 Q" @2 r# @+ ars238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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5 \# a7 a/ I; _+ l* u. z: u8 Rrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.