[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。人在德国 社区8 W7 g! R6 `2 f3 j$ E4 C4 S. i. B

8 P. D% e( w8 F5 @4 L人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US4 D, K0 a+ Z* u4 l1 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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/ m. x) b; b' ^  X+ p人在德国 社区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." E" c$ R( U8 I# `

8 Q* O& j, I- o- KReid, 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.
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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$ T4 k) C+ x$ J/ e& ~rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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. L# q! c% {# i, J, l$ D, H, |"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.: l$ Y0 W7 R- g4 @6 B0 c

( t. }% x7 `$ \- f8 z0 f"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."人在德国 社区* w( u7 b0 k" w& A; j% K

% g+ \+ I. ^5 H. t- H3 qThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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$ a7 X: b! H. \  y% ?; F9 D; J4 CThe 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.