New lithium battery packaging standards and development of a broad dangerous goods reporting system are among the proposals expected to be considered by the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) at its scheduled meeting in October in Montreal.1 The DGP also is expected to receive a formal paper from the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations (ICCAIA) and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) recommending that high-density packages of lithium-ion batteries and cells not be transported as cargo on passenger aircraft until safer methods of transport are established and followed. Shipping lithium-metal batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft already has been banned.
The DGP meets periodically to discuss proposed revisions to the ICAO Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (ICAO Doc 9284 and its supplement, Doc 9284SU), and also in the event o…
