[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。: Z9 m9 J& t" M4 M" F9 ~! |& W

4 {& w& c7 b- e5 w, j3 OCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
# h' f+ c/ \( Z7 i, ?8 |4 L4 y% U' srs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS 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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7 t( _& r' s- |$ ]  {0 Jrs238848.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.& q0 X5 o- Y# o2 h* A" t6 M
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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.
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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.人在德国 社区: E$ B. q2 [& Y* J
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.% \6 q6 \4 M5 z/ o1 o# u, M
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said." X" H. V; E. G( Q9 s+ ~, A6 X# |4 g
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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" p8 R( s4 s$ T4 J" t6 irs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de1 n. B7 G9 Z4 [" O$ G1 I9 s

& _$ ^: m. t3 O$ P' F7 i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.