[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。5 _: J& l! y9 e. N" F

+ d. x* H+ z# `& w' N4 o& }Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
+ r; m; T, a8 n9 HUS 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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' G& r! Z: y0 a0 |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.
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: j# l3 {$ A8 j% C$ T3 \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.: i% ]+ m+ A1 N4 B5 V
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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" r5 v0 ^1 b2 W( Q( d0 Z0 z人在德国 社区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.7 N: q% z8 z5 N) c
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de; N2 ?8 v# \# p/ ^2 K& p" {

9 I! X2 E, _( O. W/ E) |人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.+ l5 o& p7 h) G6 d1 c6 }

+ K8 G, W- F" `3 z3 o"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区: A* X# ?) b# `, J6 I
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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+ r# H. a+ t/ G" `( G4 Z) F8 Q8 e- BThe 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.