[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。. d% _( F/ ~2 w% A

6 Y# O$ k& }# c  M- h: v, Y4 ]. C. ars238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
- O1 u4 {/ z( O' e/ AUS 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.) X- V: _0 u6 i* i

1 j: d3 a, q8 N; X! `* M3 SThe 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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) S! F: o  G, W) h# T! q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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* e$ c: G' e1 j& v

# G. ?6 w$ g  s7 V5 }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./ A/ B9 i' V; J' _5 [: x
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.0 x1 @# ~; j) ^4 s6 ?8 ~2 Z
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 d, t$ {0 k, n0 Y( `

$ w9 R) ^7 ?" `  j3 z/ P( rThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区9 q* N/ U* @* u4 A- p

# A9 h/ f. U7 N  z3 BThe 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.