[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. t' R: c2 U$ s& @# n+ _

( e3 c9 B, y9 l2 }2 _/ ^1 @www.csuchen.deCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US% D. ~1 j7 f$ o( Q3 o
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.www.csuchen.de' D$ U( B- M) g7 G4 n

2 d( p, d* V; s6 [7 y7 ]( N; d4 x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.( k& b; Z) Q% t+ X

( }* x3 p; K5 `( J+ Z9 n5 _. RReid, 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.+ E$ r" m; G+ Q& b  |0 R
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US authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.
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6 @/ U) ?1 ]! K8 Y. CUS 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.
9 E1 v! r- E" A# sMr Hawley says lifting the prohibition will free up security officers to spend more time looking for bombs or bomb parts.4 a& u3 s9 ~5 s2 G6 S1 V
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"The number one threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through the security check point," he said.
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" v& C( F3 P' V8 o; g) j3 ?8 X0 W6 f"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."
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$ e2 v( X7 O: UThe policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.
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# w  M+ l) G# }' `4 [/ p$ D, VThe 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.