[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。" T! t& i' N) R/ ^. c

* j, t) {( c8 _; k* b3 f: w0 kCigarette lighter ban 'a waste of time': US人在德国 社区) K; R  Y- @& J
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.www.csuchen.de; \$ M# l2 B% d/ t- Q! ~

' n, p$ h, ?7 @8 d0 w( 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.) l# H% w6 X* r. G) H" h

' `6 m) e* t0 B, D8 i2 EUS authorities have never tried to ban matches from flights.人在德国 社区- c2 h# l  G1 s4 ?* Q! g

! g( }5 b' D/ ]! M+ B5 f人在德国 社区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.
' F. e" z/ j7 {) ?0 G8 O# I- `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., ?0 e1 R, ]: t" H3 e8 a

3 X0 }0 }( r7 m3 X5 Q人在德国 社区"We don't want anything that distracts concentration from searching for that."' \& J/ M( ^2 x5 w( S& \) a

- }8 \% ^5 m9 \. f. A! C1 f" ~The policy change is to take effect on August 4 and applies to disposable butane lighters and refillable lighters.人在德国 社区1 s1 ]7 K/ h3 O, O
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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.