[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3 e) ^2 a- h' m8 v4 `$ ~9 g) Y0 {# M' W

) }" U8 g; k$ M8 {; jrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
! x7 b; m% d/ }7 K% g5 L人在德国 社区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.
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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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; G5 Z; F( P1 u9 xReid, 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.人在德国 社区; E2 @/ R6 Y1 w$ s4 o" k! E

  X0 h/ O% ~2 \" I9 P- J7 _7 x; |1 e* T人在德国 社区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.2 n0 w, Q- Q" \6 _
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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3 s6 F" r' l4 f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.4 A/ V/ @. [+ z/ m3 ?

9 W, ^8 j8 x4 Hrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"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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( \2 d# Q: K3 H1 ~8 B- brs238848.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.