[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.de2 Q1 y3 ?( \: N) ~9 D2 T7 w

9 k% Y: A2 @9 Z3 A: OCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US$ A) m" n+ V& |: l
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./ u5 h2 n, n% ?/ r& _! Y
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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" g: k0 u1 \$ d$ {. w  y0 s9 u

3 p! h( N# ]1 @" q( n( D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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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& |3 p2 |% U8 {' _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.9 d8 J& n! r2 G( z  h2 |6 ]
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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+ v4 n" I" t7 v"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区2 n" [: H- W/ Q5 S6 w0 h* w

( ^0 }' a# k% u人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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/ D: t9 e! U5 [: v2 v人在德国 社区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.