[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。0 S2 I/ d$ Z  B
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
: G( i. _6 g0 d+ E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.
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  z* Z& \. Z* s2 \. Q: PThe 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1 k2 @  n( P$ y: }% h- w# r, ~

) q3 s9 Q+ W5 k5 I/ ?9 y+ KReid, 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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7 E% c( p: _' @" ^US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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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.人在德国 社区* F4 r' Y, |3 p& d$ y; m. S3 s( u) K
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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1 a4 O0 Q1 d* ]# |( lrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"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6 ^4 I2 ?4 F3 @' R

9 @9 u4 u4 o( i6 K"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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- e: |4 y, G( a$ a

+ y- v  i  e- B$ i( E: zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.