CH3 Story Saying all Lithium Batteries Banned on Flights - eh

[Chao Lao Beach]

These batteries are the normal batts now, surly this is a mistake from Ch3 today.

Anyone here this as well?

[Tywais]

UN aviation agency bans lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger flights

Lithium-ion batteries can no longer be transported as cargo on planes, the UN aviation agency has ruled, alleging a serious safety risk. The rechargeable phone and laptop batteries have been ruled a fire hazard, and the decision will stand until new packaging standards are agreed.

"This interim prohibition will continue to be in force as separate work continues through ICAO on a new lithium battery packaging performance standard, currently expected by 2018," International Civil Aviation Organization President Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu told reporters.

The 36-state council says the decision will take effect April 1 and would be mandatory for all member states. Reported by the ICAO on February 13, the decision was announced pending the results of an investigation carried out in the United States and Japan.

The ICAO added that no additional restrictions will be placed on other batteries or other means of transporting lithium-ion batteries.

Full story here - rt.com

[Tywais]

Interim Ban Placed on Lithium-Ion-Battery Cargo Shipments on Passenger Planes

U.N. aviation arm said ban will remain in force at least until sometime in 2018

The aviation arm of the United Nations banned all cargo shipments of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries from the bellies of passenger airliners until at least 2018, capping years of intense debate and escalating concerns about potentially grave fire hazards.

The International Civil Aviation Organization’s announcement Monday, which caught even some proponents by surprise, means that starting in April passenger carriers world-wide will be effectively barred from carrying such cargo.

Many large airlines already have voluntarily made the move, but the agency’s action ensures that national regulators will now enforce the prohibition across the board. The decision by ICAO’s 36-member council, the Montreal-based agency’s top policy group, also is expected boost ongoing efforts to further restrict bulk shipments of lithium-ion batteries by cargo carriers.

More here - The Wall Street Journal

[Gulfsailor]

These batteries are the normal batts now, surly this is a mistake from Ch3 today.

Anyone here this as well?

Non rechargeable lithium metal batteries have been banned from the cargo hold for some time already. This new ban by ICAO is about rechargeable lithium ion batteries. As of April 1st they are no longer allowed in the cargo hold of passenger planes. You can still take small lithium ion batteries as carry-on luggage. Or in case of large batteries they need to be shipped by a cargo plane.

Most airlines already had this policy in effect the past one or two years.

[Tywais]

Story running in World News here - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/897231-un-panel-agrees-to-ban-battery-shipments-on-airliners/