[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。6 s& A: t5 h+ j9 g
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
" d0 b; k* S! p9 e+ U6 e  \( krs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 t- N" U; ?/ U) O% |
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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.+ e" {1 ?/ J* R; n" F

; p7 L6 T% \) w+ |5 ?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0 a4 W7 ?& z! Q8 w4 m
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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.
) {  f/ I7 Q# P3 Y- E3 F1 mMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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  z- |, L% U1 R" Q  qrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"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$ y) Y2 s" _- J" _9 `
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 t( p* B. L1 _3 T; h8 m
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters., K6 m5 n0 u" j- O8 v

: `8 h, {' M% D0 t$ L& x人在德国 社区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.