[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。7 T) Z3 K8 l6 h  [; H  `3 i. [# t

1 a  A9 ]6 a. @( d6 k人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
; Z) D0 c# F# X" D0 `" s4 ^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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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.% s; e! B$ q9 d

  |# Z2 N) P; ]人在德国 社区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.! H6 w0 A) I7 {' w5 S$ K

" ^$ N3 U& [" W" D4 Q# ?; SUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.% Y6 K5 W. \/ j* d9 D" v
Mr 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8 C3 f5 l& Q& c. X! E) |6 }
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区. p# ]! ]. S2 g2 J/ B# [
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."9 T" e% K$ h3 o5 O! e

9 ?/ z0 t$ h* W# a& z* ~7 _The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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  o  t6 w" w* y2 p- o( c% F/ L) Q/ yrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.