[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ Z- W/ ~) |/ Z! ^1 p4 h

; _0 p7 R. A* M# b) YCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
$ y' r/ G# L$ V! F6 TUS 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.& u3 `$ c& O2 z$ k/ e
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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.人在德国 社区+ q5 l+ G6 {0 ~, B0 x

1 {- b6 k8 H0 K0 D人在德国 社区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.% w% B& Y& ^$ P: e+ }

# Z: _; [2 \6 c' Q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.
0 n; }0 y0 y/ H, @5 Q4 r6 Y" |  rMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.$ L, P$ K2 ]  U& A+ T. Q9 V. T; G
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.- Z, U3 H4 t3 G: w0 F

0 n3 P# T+ L; K& n: b人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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, l& F, D. F+ s  L$ `7 \rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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7 r3 A- Y; r6 {8 YThe 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.