The U.S. government said on Wednesday it is issuing new rules barring airlines f...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government said on Wednesday it is issuing new rules barring airlines from carrying potentially hazardous lithium-ion cells and batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft, and setting new requirements for transporting them on cargo planes.The U.S. Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration unveiled the new rules after Congress last year ordered the agency to complete them by early 2019.
The Federal Aviation Administration said under certain conditions lithium batteries could result in smoke or fire. A battery fire could exceed the capabilities of an aircraft’s fire suppression system and lead to a catastrophic failure, it said. Lithium-ion batteries are increasingly common as production has grown to more than 7 billion cells in 2017 from about 3 billion cells in 2007, the administration said.
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