[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- }; R6 U2 N3 c1 d& F# ]2 t
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
8 n; Y2 k" O  N: mUS 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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# R* f' ^! [5 n: L/ j$ k4 X( o. x) HThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de% v9 Q$ j  m7 R2 a5 Z* f4 E0 U

# D" q, o8 l# l6 N0 u" O4 irs238848.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.
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, |) o$ \1 y2 Vrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de5 q: x+ Q& C, s. L7 G( @2 }. O" \9 K
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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.
& S  f7 J3 ?" c( m1 ?% _# l+ NMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.7 ?/ [! `- h1 K$ K7 j

3 Q2 H* p8 W% s- G& B"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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( L8 u5 W6 n1 d2 W4 Y0 |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.人在德国 社区9 o  Y- p& l0 C  @6 q; l1 \5 i9 N3 J1 G% M

! ^& y2 J) ^& |6 O5 ^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.