[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。! @0 Y9 ]8 s( d$ I: K+ W

) W. I6 W( @7 m. \) jCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US2 S) V7 |" M7 m8 q
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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; e7 D5 p. p- ~, h9 ?8 }rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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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/ H) ]) e* A, [  H( `) g% ]! q# 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 E9 [- h% A6 O; s0 A
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.4 x+ K( P" T! J- i0 v

# o* F$ C) }8 ]) n, RUS 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& q6 s" E# j- K, J+ \5 T' y: E7 _
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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9 x3 c* ^0 k3 \3 u" R. n9 z0 C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.
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"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.% |7 q. o8 |0 b& K3 V$ a) k9 V

, `  H9 M2 k5 b* T' _  X; w3 {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.