[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% `9 {8 c9 D3 d; Y& P% r

6 A# D6 O9 k1 W- X8 q人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
5 _- m/ u5 O9 ?+ O* eUS 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.1 ~8 Y" m% D9 K. o

5 Z1 J' I; t0 ?4 Q7 H4 Z2 s3 ZThe 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.( {6 @0 I2 O/ ]4 @* S# d: w

$ |  R( r, z7 f  u. g( b8 m. xrs238848.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.. T# e+ Y, Z! O
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.* u! p/ w9 d8 c4 a" f% v' X

1 l! y( e+ c: [6 I/ d  \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./ B/ V4 D4 m0 F$ U
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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' E; r1 ~4 ^' z7 W5 `; {3 G0 ~  n"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."人在德国 社区* ~& v4 a0 A2 q4 j% W/ Y

, j% z  Z4 p. u( Y( P$ e  H+ {  S0 o7 e人在德国 社区The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.