[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。人在德国 社区( c* W6 ?* Y' Q

6 j7 {) n4 \% A- KCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
8 w3 {1 C2 I$ ]4 j, xUS 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.人在德国 社区6 e8 Y9 s7 ]* f7 F9 i
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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.0 C& l2 {# n" D, C/ U+ ]5 r
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.$ Y1 i: y! [0 M# Z

3 O" y- j( V1 a/ ]1 G% t" J& LUS 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.
' H' a3 K6 f" S2 rMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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. \& P( a4 u3 N2 e0 r( E"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区) W" A8 l& T4 W! E$ ^

5 @. [  O: b9 T' G9 g( iThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.8 J, m9 W4 w4 {9 j7 ~" s
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The 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.