[国际新闻] 美国撤除禁令8月起可带打火机上飞机

日月光

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。' ^$ ]+ U( o# x: V

# x  E( q3 f# @  y' }Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
5 |$ j  Y1 h: z人在德国 社区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.人在德国 社区) o& p1 F# [0 l. h

. Q" j9 P. J' K" h7 Z3 a% m- HThe 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.
* U3 j  ~- ^; o
( {# ~3 C/ m; y7 d% @+ _. \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.
( Q* D1 m1 v! P, l4 E* Z( R* s" x) U, ~
US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.7 s& A9 n3 c+ Z3 }* b  b, z# ]

+ q9 B6 ~* z, E0 T, X. p9 N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.
6 N! q+ n8 p# BMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts." p0 e. K5 ^- h  e

! y: C& |5 x  b5 c% X& ~人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区, C, {( \% j. m9 ^! s; `! n

4 a- l8 Q% z4 F  r4 {"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
1 U% e; l* G. f  ^, t人在德国 社区
) s- {$ L/ i0 A5 z7 g" EThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
( O2 c' `# j5 l3 c- D# i人在德国 社区8 T* l: z: ?& g8 a9 s# C4 Q
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.