[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。
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0 Y0 M( _) l: u! j  }" S1 YCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US8 z# f6 q* Z5 H7 R
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.人在德国 社区( |5 t# x0 s4 h# F% }
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The 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.
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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.8 b( p) m9 e% w* \# {! w

3 E3 A4 V  [$ O9 c+ Q& j" r, 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.
3 o7 P- l$ O3 R) p) \7 mMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.* W# x* x; Z" y2 R) o

* E+ Q" d8 l7 _2 Q7 c7 K"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 V/ ~! [! o* d5 T! c

  _( s, f7 f1 C1 `rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."* z7 y+ Y* @. P' x
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.; p" `: G1 X* Z, I4 `* y4 H! {
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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.