[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) A* Q1 Y1 S4 U, V3 J' j; Z

1 v- e5 y8 D1 ^: j* M+ ~! ZCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US" N  `3 r1 c$ I) R- y
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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/ E8 ~- m/ F/ N% `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.  e5 b- ?+ L/ o
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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7 D- Y9 v5 l: A' P  ~$ v! R; J

/ t8 G; ], q/ L. G7 F- Z, Q* Xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.
8 G: p% J9 W$ x  h( FMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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/ m/ X- }1 r6 m, crs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"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."人在德国 社区2 v, c. Y) E! P! `7 T
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.2 N. U3 ~% Y$ I; m2 ]; G
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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.