[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% W9 E- _6 A+ c8 ?8 n! n8 K/ I& r
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区5 l( m, `1 h8 b# }4 v' c% V- S' a
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' F) g+ C3 E8 g( V- B

3 A2 g1 h2 e# `" @) M2 Z' t& [( s5 KThe 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* G( X( v/ ^" {0 a" u1 |3 P
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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.人在德国 社区7 \, G/ h9 k$ N1 I9 \# Q
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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.
& d7 l* v7 h- L& gMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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7 h6 \2 w) K, Xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said./ y& g! ?* |1 _4 H* \
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."& a8 i/ ?4 c  O
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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8 M' `+ U# Z: A& iThe 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.