[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。- \2 y) f* U" [. L7 ?
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Cigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US
7 o- T. Y' c' v  qUS 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.www.csuchen.de& j2 H1 Z+ n4 u1 E3 Q) t

/ p6 R% I  i/ a; o  bReid, 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.人在德国 社区. S7 r, ]( Q3 p

  Q  o( ^; T& S: Y" tUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.www.csuchen.de5 s* ^) K0 F' `9 `) Y: \' s
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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.
% r9 ~/ {4 j% i6 T' Z. dMr 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. H* r" I$ m7 o& c/ X- c, M
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.( a( Q1 Y# }# @

' z  T: T/ @) n8 A) C# ~3 A9 Zwww.csuchen.de"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."2 y/ D# r  c( b# u2 u+ N* }

  `4 n% h- H. D2 p6 E# zThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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: N$ B/ @/ v- Z+ O4 c! T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.