Faulty lithium batteries ground aircraft flights in the U.S. every ten days on average. Now, Air Line Ratings reveals international airlines are moving fast to stop this happening. That’s because they surmise the problem lies with unregulated manufacturers. We hope this rogue lithium battery crack down by airline carriers does the trick.
Rising Demand Behind The Rogue Lithium Battery Crack Down
We believe demand is the root cause, because the fires appear sporadically so this is a numbers game. Certainly, we do know lithium battery demand is escalating by over 15% per year. Therefore, this is a lucrative business and a magnet for rogue manufacturers after a quick buck.
Moreover, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says incidents involving undeclared or counterfeit batteries are on the rise. Hence the airline demand for a rogue lithium battery crack down is overdue, we believe. They are a definite fire risk if damaged during handling. They can also catch fire spontaneously following internal failure. Life is too precious to take chances with safety in the air.
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While we may prefer to look the other way at videos like that, we cannot ignore the warning. IATA is teaming with Global Shippers Forum, International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations, and International Air Cargo Association.
The four entities are pressing governments hard to start applying major fines and other penalties on companies importing and selling rogue lithium batteries. They say we should no longer put our passengers, crews and airplanes at risk with their substandard products. Instead, we should introduce new alerting and reporting systems for airlines. This should increase awareness further regarding the risk of transporting dubious lithium batteries.
We hope to see signs of prosecutions soon as this rogue lithium battery crack down rolls out.
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