[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* }4 V# r0 d2 t9 n) m) j

5 W# L& e7 y$ s: ]人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US9 P1 o! T7 E6 n
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.! a# B7 `; Z. A

( `, f7 b  ?/ Z+ b) W% ?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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$ B9 v0 g5 r) e" X+ O7 iReid, 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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5 Y5 z: o3 }. pUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区* k& ?9 \) f9 r0 F' U
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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.
' r$ W+ w. Y/ Q' QMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.  ~2 m3 l5 `( T! _

0 d/ f0 q* |+ v9 ~rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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  J9 S! u$ b% e4 H- K"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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& _2 f+ K9 B, QThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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3 f4 ^" L" }( ]( Y  P) I& FThe 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.