[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。
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. ?0 H* b/ O; A5 _( YCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US, k" L6 I- l, \
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.# X4 R& k" \8 z. k
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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.6 }- P5 T' {+ k. i' R
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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.( D4 q* B( i: A$ U5 a/ {; R

' y7 [' ~9 M9 B) \* Z7 E5 U4 t+ Q4 iUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.2 u9 Z% b  p4 s+ U" B
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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.
' a, _, o; B/ M6 CMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区: P' b& ?$ ^6 t4 x- m+ Y

) z4 e- X- \) Z+ \; v/ y  c+ G, I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.
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" O" M8 E. y7 o, q"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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6 p% O6 @$ c+ m( [The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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8 z. o; g. [* W% O4 HThe 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.