[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。) K. E/ S5 t% H7 J: k* x

! d( t: T$ |$ s0 C) }* o9 f人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
3 L0 P" V( ?% Q3 lrs238848.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.
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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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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! h* U% S2 \* N3 F

1 S3 a" Y/ o9 @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.人在德国 社区: i6 Y) R/ M8 z: m' Q$ g' Z0 f
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区' B3 a) ]2 [, Z$ _
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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+ q9 i; R) f. ]; F( r% z" M"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."$ Y# z+ o! o$ j0 J. ?2 P
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区$ G: u9 q* \+ M" p5 u

: N) K7 e' w1 yThe 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.