[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。5.35.249.64$ d7 m, o+ u8 O1 E# W. u

5 A# i; U2 m3 c- sCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US  y4 r9 t" h% S% Q( m8 R
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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. d/ }$ g/ A* q  X, B1 x. B1 WThe 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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3 W8 W2 n5 U0 P: XReid, 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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! l7 @4 Y1 X" K4 `+ {5 s: `5.35.249.64US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.5.35.249.645 r* Q) I* D/ {8 H& L; r
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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.
, a+ c2 X/ T$ \* u; c; U8 S5.35.249.64Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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6 r' B) p, g2 ~% {"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  {/ r* F, O1 f# r) Z

: r" K2 y" |) n人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."  a6 |5 V3 S, N; h0 ^" P6 M
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The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.& Z9 ~! T4 P$ {

$ P4 \# ^; p+ m' k: J5 J人在德国 社区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.