Lithium batteries will be officially banned PI965 from being carried as cargo on passenger aircraft on 1st April
The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization bans passenger aircraft to ship lithium ion goods
February 22, 2016, Montreal - The Council of the international Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the governing body of 36 countries, today adopted a new aviation safety measure that bans, on a temporary basis, the transport of any lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft.
Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President of the ICAO Council, stressed: "Safety will always be our most important priority in international civil aviation. While this temporary embargo will remain in effect, separate work continues through the International Civil Aviation Organization on a new standard for the performance of lithium battery packaging, which is now expected to be in place by 2018."
The council's decision will take effect on 1 April 2016. The decision relates only to the transport of lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft and has nothing to do with lithium-ion batteries assembled in personal electronic devices carried by passengers or crew members. This decision was taken after extensive consideration by the ICAO Air Navigation Committee and by this UN Body's Expert Groups on Dangerous Goods, Flight Operations and Airworthiness.
The aircraft manufacturers' and pilots' associations, among the most ardent advocates of the new safety measures, have been eagerly awaiting a ban on the transport of lithium-ion cargo on passenger aircraft.
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