[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。( I; V# v: _8 ~3 u8 q% T# y! q

( \% ?4 w8 Z( MCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US" w; P5 b: _4 W( ?6 ~9 U) ?1 |
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.  g/ c- Y: ^+ x# V$ w1 L0 d

8 w7 ?7 e. U5 Y7 e. wThe 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.2 d: y* n7 F' f1 E8 y. |2 }1 g* _

6 w; r$ `4 E( O% x) D4 tReid, 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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0 `* d( J1 ?/ y. h; p1 B& K人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights./ {1 @& v/ a6 ?' L
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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.
. ^; S0 n& A  N  `" A: b7 L; s5 jMr 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& a  f- Z/ F# U

; R7 d6 R9 ^6 u8 C8 v"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" D" G& i0 N7 i* w, Z1 }/ W6 v' R5 e

/ m: u  P2 i! I# e) b) brs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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7 L7 u3 s. M0 Y) z* yThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.5 ~; r; z/ Q/ {- }
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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.