[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.de, G" N  X% E& |0 _
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US4 V5 {# G+ X" Q  P& _
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.
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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.
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/ Y* D/ E# {* C& s0 e7 b5 zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deReid, 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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2 k" V, l* Q3 JUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.3 |' _( o2 P- e8 g2 J; {
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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.
* w  E) g8 }) M. U6 }4 U. yrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de: ^( D% i6 z6 e" B8 G, S8 x: i
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"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."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de, Z' \* _6 C. S& \* e( N$ P% A

/ J( o+ ?: {- `1 U- wThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区! Y1 u8 f# F/ M: w, {( v- \' z! \

9 h0 t& P  K6 {- xThe 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.