[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* a  K! h' m  Z9 i+ E
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
% D5 Y- K8 L7 y( sUS 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.8 W) n; B# q. b* J

' j: H& J& P+ t6 ?: R3 k1 IThe 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.. V6 b0 e6 G5 S1 F7 w8 T- V
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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.: z5 I" t, s! ~, X/ Y1 Q  u5 w
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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: {* a$ ?% L- w: hUS 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.
/ G' K+ z5 \, b# [! zMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de! f' U+ m4 a6 k/ ^0 e  \' \
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.8 W9 o" [1 x( \6 B
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."8 x& K( L! P2 W1 L# O2 i' R$ r( h
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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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3 o  Z! |: n# n* @8 x人在德国 社区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.