[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* r# P7 g% o) f) u
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
) V6 B: q+ [( ~; Z- T' f6 {8 }) r! ~人在德国 社区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.) a9 D4 H) K* ?0 h- N. B" t

3 h! h; J3 o7 J0 X( M7 ]( S7 E& ^( UThe 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- {- u) y2 e7 b3 a

( A0 [9 D' u! a* b7 i. FReid, 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.* T" k: X" x- U$ l  T2 }! y
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.' R" W4 ^* O. e: Z8 ]- k. N* [/ W) D

- o; [& I' j7 \: VUS 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.
1 z( d0 G. ^( q$ uMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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  s2 p7 U, x" |3 r人在德国 社区"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.9 F' Q) u& F- d2 g- n# e
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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.