[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。+ G8 p$ W* ]; e( O9 _

8 V4 x# U* B" X" gCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区+ T9 U6 l' s0 U9 H' H
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." N* g' f1 A* r

$ z  d( X& g* _6 F7 B9 ^- crs238848.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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. o) J/ C; h* F* E& J( B+ DReid, 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.* t2 X0 n, M5 n4 X

' w) p1 o7 }# v: s) n  Zrs238848.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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de4 y" U9 q% W7 b! |5 Z& W
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.& d2 V. |0 t; I# V0 e. ^

1 K  f0 F! k7 Frs238848.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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' J$ K$ N2 t/ I2 N"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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9 ~: J1 K& E( q1 z% bThe 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.