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http://www.katu.com/news/national/Airlines-stop-accepting-rechargeable-battery-shipments-294835851.html
The tests have placed airlines in a quandary. The shipments are permitted under international safety standards. They are also profitable. And so far, there have been no cargo fires aboard passenger airlines attributed to lithium batteries. But as some airlines ban the shipments, it puts pressure on other airlines to follow suit or appear indifferent to safety risks.
..Cargo airlines are continuing to transport the batteries even though they are believed to have either caused or contributed to fires that destroyed two Boeing 747 freighters in recent years,
neptronix said:Oil companies are still free to ship their product that is literally designed to explode, and explodes uncontrollably in daily accidents all over the world though.
Besides this one small quote, most of that article link focused on passenger flights.Cargo airlines are continuing to transport the batteries even though they are believed to have either caused or contributed to fires that destroyed two Boeing 747 freighters in recent years, killing their pilots.
wb9k said:neptronix said:Oil companies are still free to ship their product that is literally designed to explode, and explodes uncontrollably in daily accidents all over the world though.
You cannot put a drum of oil or can of gas in the cargo hold of a passenger aircraft, I'm quite sure of that.
MrDude_1 said:Seriously though, you CAN ship flammable material like gasoline via air freight, but there are strict restrictions on amount, size, and packaging. Its not normally done, except for transports to remote locations.
That's such a great description of LiCo. I'm gonna have to use that when I'm warning someone over the dangers of the chemistry.Punx0r said:Viewed from a safety perspective a LiCo battery is a flimsy canister of flammable solvent that contains a system for volatising it into an explosive vapour cloud and then igniting it.
Punx0r said:It's understandable. Viewed from a safety perspective a LiCo battery is a flimsy canister of flammable solvent that contains a system for volatising it into an explosive vapour cloud and then igniting it.
MrDude_1 said:Seriously though, you CAN ship flammable material like gasoline via air freight, but there are strict restrictions on amount, size, and packaging. Its not normally done, except for transports to remote locations.
Is that on a passenger plane or a dedicated freighter?