[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. b" O1 f/ y: B& p. ^  i
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区$ f& O7 A. U$ K0 v/ H. `* M
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.. s2 v) i8 O* j& ?

& F" P% X9 }0 _& u- u, VThe 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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8 A8 c% z- K! x9 \+ f0 Q# OReid, 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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+ S1 B" @; Z" S6 i7 i% ^US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区6 v( A- M" S+ ]
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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.
9 s  O' p3 Y' y% `5 ~3 [& U人在德国 社区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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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( I- Z! t" q( }- G' F1 E8 a0 U"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区' F' o5 R' t3 ?2 }) Z: Z

; H$ h5 u- T0 {The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.