Handling passengers and their luggage at today’s volumes can be challenging enough. But the cargo side of the business is getting more and more complicated because of our technology and hazards that are tough to spot. In September, Amazon was fined for trying to ship lithium-ion batteries and aerosols by air. In ruling in the U.K. case, Judge Michael Grieve said, “In my view, the jury’s verdict reflects a finding of systemic failure, albeit as a result of human error.”
Shipments of lithium-ion batteries have been banned nearly all over the world because of a recently adopted International Civil Aviation Organization standard. As we have suspected at Flight Safety Foundation, this is going to be a tough standard to enforce. Most regulators have made it unlawful for airlines to accept these items, but what if the shipper doesn’…
