[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。
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3 u, O8 ]6 b2 q, n2 h; z) TCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US- L6 T: h3 W: C% v0 Y0 r
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ b' z" K$ y0 {+ L0 I1 u. M3 I* ~! \

& P/ c! X* \( c3 bThe 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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.  u+ V% k2 J( }. s" k

( s% ?5 P0 A  N0 Y6 d3 drs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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.6 }; [1 E( }9 O: k' y
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.2 `% M2 i  s  `3 b& Q7 l

6 j- T/ P" n) r# M"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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1 ~1 n5 u" \6 @$ W* p( n2 v"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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. i0 a; A7 T0 F- ^) G) [; [( ~The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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* w, A2 q! p1 ]7 r4 Y; c: E6 H# a: ^rs238848.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.