[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。4 k% M7 \$ I; A: E3 }* S
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': USrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de0 [! n' L+ h. Y) s* n- W
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.
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3 f/ A4 ?% \9 l- Q4 T) ^; yThe 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.& h/ x& M( v7 H, ~8 x$ r! @
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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.
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.$ |) M. U0 b: _4 ?5 K) \6 r

' f) p) d+ [- j) X, q  rUS 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.人在德国 社区  B; G3 h5 ~$ ?; H
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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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de0 {' \5 E/ E8 T1 M' W* ^
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区# X! B& Y$ s; ?; C7 F
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.8 Z0 Y& `# O' M& \
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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.