[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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- S. A; i# ]9 @! q+ o' |" p; j
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US9 [& X4 y  b- R9 v( t7 I& a+ D' J  _7 i+ `
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" E/ _- k. Y0 M6 F( E- d3 Q& E9 r
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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., J+ A: T! S7 O$ |' ]

3 B6 m" P2 @6 G+ U6 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.
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: B$ h" W) E1 C. K. sUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.5 n" ~$ Q' h( P% h' }5 T

, S2 y/ z0 H3 V- e! W9 o6 q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.
/ b+ ~5 j5 t/ y* l# n人在德国 社区Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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5 {. [+ }% G* ^. M* K1 O) F+ w"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.6 W0 S! X1 K4 i0 W! @1 Z

# O7 N$ ]3 Z% T+ ]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.! W! y, a8 W- ~- n& k4 y

* S8 F4 r' x. E; eThe 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.