[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。- [6 ~, l3 R1 W4 `/ b, V1 d  F  c

  J2 ]- _) v/ G% _* `# j1 oCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
; w0 O: i! Q3 {8 C  w7 U( X0 w. vUS 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." f# p9 C) G! T$ S4 ^4 A6 P8 o
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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.5 |2 ~/ E5 g- q! E6 N$ D0 X6 }

& q# v) B8 T8 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.4 J7 p8 n% L0 ~6 ~
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights./ g7 c% Z; L2 I* q9 N  d
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& g6 s% F. f' S2 O& Y$ ]$ K
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.  M9 d' F* Q4 S

) W, T/ F! I) P$ F  k1 ^rs238848.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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) @0 u! s+ B5 R# o6 ^4 ]rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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7 K& T* k/ R/ G/ h1 \" O; VThe 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.