[国际新闻] 美国撤除禁令8月起可带打火机上飞机

日月光

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。  h4 c! h4 c2 h* c; b+ W: _* [' w

+ b' j; F( c& D4 Z, KCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de6 a- t+ h8 m, u
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.
: D. v8 J( J& z/ ^. I
$ d0 D" n; o* e( [. G/ N% q6 {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." B! Q- _3 ?$ ^- c% d

" q; ?; s3 W* ^  w4 A$ [. S4 aReid, 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.
- O1 y: M5 x4 M. ~- A# p6 Y: c8 ?& o& A: T# W9 V
US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
' |* [8 f. M" t: _+ y4 d8 ^# Q( @$ I" j
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de1 z* ^0 J+ A1 X1 |) j7 r! e* o
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
1 h4 J  C" d  u5 V; D9 @1 a$ v$ q人在德国 社区/ J, b4 t% Y1 E- o. Q3 B
"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. J3 H+ o7 k/ Y

2 X1 C2 u. \" S% b"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that.": \( n5 W4 Y) z, b2 i4 m' ]; Z

- W6 m/ u& }! u- I1 W3 q% eThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de) W* t- ^4 d- K

. G% s( K2 P- JThe 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.