[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。人在德国 社区/ q% O0 z6 u9 a5 \; a

6 J. Q( j7 Y8 f& \( S+ |rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
4 a: r- T. n; ?4 c5 u7 HUS 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de, u% G. b: ~8 q, e+ S
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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.人在德国 社区" B" k0 J" [$ A* s5 E
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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.人在德国 社区% E/ C1 M/ _. u, q- O- J6 U
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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- r: |6 O& z" M1 B
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区! E9 Q2 b, ?: t/ e4 G

' W- _! n1 Z3 `3 }# i" s8 q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.
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9 x# w& F6 z  T, C- r$ E"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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# O9 e* y$ Z1 q0 Q  ]6 PThe 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.