[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! x7 `/ y2 k( {1 y/ C* x# Z

8 `* r/ P2 ]8 J4 T, W4 u人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
$ H6 Q. L: Q% U& t# B7 uUS 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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$ m$ N2 P" |  q5 lThe 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& T3 u5 r5 c, X2 w

7 Q$ e1 O* V$ W8 G) F' ers238848.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.人在德国 社区6 B) B2 Q$ Y- L) o

5 ?  t$ ^! S3 t' C* s& L# @5 qUS 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.
7 P' v+ j. v' d, U1 `) z( ]. @+ D人在德国 社区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' O1 ?" F% ]3 m3 W2 j/ x3 K

  Y$ V3 N3 j! f! y- U  Q6 y"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.& D) ^, V) u3 M- P

( t# P1 Y0 w: e% q3 W- {* k% q- ~rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区+ s0 h. J6 k# `
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.) `: N9 g) q0 k
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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.