[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。5 I( W! l  d) }' k8 ^

2 p) h' z. O( e; Q* BCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
/ u0 [; U4 F: g: d. u! r* u9 GUS 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.( I3 E) u2 `6 u$ V/ t  H- @
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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.
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& `, }' [" T  [# C2 q. @: x+ LReid, 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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0 f; {, i; I: D; T" j! M6 S人在德国 社区US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.: L) ^% C! o1 j8 d' S
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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.
. V2 E/ [2 m; A( ]% S% B3 nMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.0 c; a$ N* b) t3 `1 T& N# |
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.* q6 V& D* G7 Q6 R0 }; p

! |3 d" j* E/ O人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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0 ~+ [- G0 C/ {! h) @The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区& H1 x0 F& k# m/ f

; N0 a8 P; k. x- j* ~$ NThe 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.