[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" K! N/ v6 _/ e7 Y  ?% W  a

* n* D+ S& v; K4 g/ G2 NCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
  Y! ~3 w  W& M- u: M7 t: e, V人在德国 社区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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2 R% o' ?+ \) O. W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.
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. Z: I8 [2 t8 `. p8 {( lReid, 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.6 S3 c% W2 w! ~

$ |' r3 f4 A0 b5.35.249.64US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.! g, M) V. K& J
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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.5.35.249.642 v7 W7 L# s, A6 M. O
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.8 J7 v, ?9 s' n7 d- q4 W1 {
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"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# [6 B4 |  I) Y0 C: l' F
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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$ C& E1 s# v. c$ jThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.1 n: F3 x+ \& @1 n- s+ U) v5 J

0 D  f* I# h+ x& |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.