[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.de5 @" @+ L# u/ t1 l. p3 V4 o
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US& U& U, T6 H7 q* D9 n! A0 J/ [9 T- V
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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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.0 G' i  u* f1 b. m" P- H' }
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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.( m9 `6 V# |4 K) z, Z

5 X' ~" z1 ]1 w4 ^' R/ zUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights./ d! g) X- M4 j$ w
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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.
) D! e% C2 ~' e3 y/ p2 FMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.人在德国 社区/ T! x( N* N! r- H& G

5 [7 K; P3 {5 v" X. i"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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2 e0 x4 W7 u: I- J, K"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.4 ~/ G% s; }1 _8 ^) }7 D

( n- f; B1 z/ q0 N* |$ D: JThe 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.