[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。' n1 q1 q/ ~, N# S6 K- u5 X

2 d# z% w- }9 b- a9 j人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US# N1 \7 b' x, U" }; ~
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.) F/ R. k! |2 e* p

5 R3 ]; ^  Z. |& j$ `8 A; mThe 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., T8 K# S% n) f2 ^  W
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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.
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! |$ t* z* j$ y, _' f- I人在德国 社区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.
/ |: i' C' h7 YMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.0 Q: X# \. i: A# j; {/ B

. A/ q' _+ K/ z* S  E1 _"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.人在德国 社区( X& w- o+ h0 |0 `  ?+ A

( u; Y& f; H$ B- a% _"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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: [9 F, |/ e+ ?2 M& h5.35.249.64The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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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.