[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。! o- P- o5 r+ {5 F  R/ G* ]

. N7 Z' D8 r% MCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" x. E3 s1 A8 x7 F2 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.
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6 ?" u; C! ?0 h  o3 b人在德国 社区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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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.: _$ L& R5 v- P
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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) ~3 p% s" R. L7 p! t: A, u) D( C2 ^; m1 cUS 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.& p; W& q% q" P. Z  c
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.  n/ {" X/ a. Q* J' Q

+ _; |& e7 m! [+ F' ]9 G; r; a"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9 a# y' `2 D: ^( {6 T

, v2 ~  I% |5 }1 W1 g! }# @3 t: drs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."8 H3 h6 A4 U+ }) c" l: a, q

8 c4 P8 |, U( y6 l5 c1 _5 J* HThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区+ h% b, Y8 M4 C, k4 n
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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.