[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。9 O- X. m8 @4 k9 r8 C5 N3 q6 q
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区- ~: u. e" |% Y4 \
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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- S0 l1 D5 D9 {! krs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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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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.人在德国 社区: f  B! ]/ ?+ G  x5 {) p) @$ G
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.# n9 K/ X4 k, p# A$ R

/ M; U5 Y5 ^+ ~$ C; B& o- I9 g2 ^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.- A8 [1 ~, B3 x! S1 ]" z0 |
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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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4 O$ v% a. u0 g"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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$ W6 N4 p4 I* H6 W) A5 wThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.' s( G* V& g( D0 H5 ?' L/ \

) M) X: Q, {* J$ H! @8 U" W1 [# RThe 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.