[国际新闻] 美国撤除禁令8月起可带打火机上飞机

日月光

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 x, O0 ?# m2 ^* [7 d人在德国 社区 $ ~5 B5 U, j, ]( U& }
Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
6 R, j( v. W2 z; c: ?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.
" W+ ~1 y2 B9 f) crs238848.rs.hosteurope.de$ \: H. g" ^: @0 E; g* V
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.
9 y* C! z2 f; A" R. j3 }( P7 S# U' y9 D8 _
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.
. O# s' v% F" S* e
0 v- \% S8 ]; u7 I/ L5 eUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.6 c6 k# h& F3 `3 d% C8 B4 i
人在德国 社区* K: s" s8 b$ c9 i( m" _
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.人在德国 社区# k  N# s/ `% h0 _4 b* U
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
3 w) P: p/ K0 |: f5 L+ \# X
% |5 v; w$ Z1 v; `+ z+ V# t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.
- V* [0 c5 I, l5 v+ k5 g4 \+ Z5 M) P+ F
"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- o$ F- f5 h5 T- d) k: U9 ]) F

3 a) C( C$ @( W# JThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
, z6 U3 a8 ~1 z* T
" J; r4 h; f% x9 p) 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.