[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。人在德国 社区5 h! P: W9 t2 r% d" S8 u( v( Y% f

' Q$ u; V: a* H; Z5 l3 h7 F$ W1 WCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
8 h9 k! \8 R) B, u2 t/ \人在德国 社区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.
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+ |+ O$ v# _$ q& y- I: lThe 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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( Q1 Y8 s/ {( q6 gReid, 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 r! Y) L" S. y8 \, d/ o( G! f
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.% W' |, ]; t, ]- ?

  ^0 c% `5 ~5 @* c; |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.1 O+ P8 U; S% |
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.& O9 H6 i& i4 z7 O
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de! u& H5 f1 g) `% u. z

, F1 n7 e/ R3 d% W人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.$ H; Y5 ^& f2 d. |. W4 @7 h
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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.