[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5 O. V+ f: x4 q6 _& w

6 @# |0 E9 C* L% \( O- f6 C人在德国 社区Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区* |6 V: d8 N, |. F9 h5 Z6 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.
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6 o( M& x2 ^6 w9 V5 ~( AReid, 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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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区) H  n4 G* g6 h4 z

) }$ N+ y4 S6 L3 X" Hwww.csuchen.deUS 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.2 R% c) Y* o4 h/ f; n# d% d
Mr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.
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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' w* b" y0 J% l. y; E9 ~9 C1 {; Q
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"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that.", i4 X8 [( v& {9 M

1 m7 ?: c, z6 h7 b; n7 TThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters., g# r& j7 O# Y3 Y
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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.