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Air panel recommends battery cargo be restricted, not banned

A U.N. aviation panel has voted to require tighter standards for shipments of lithium-based batteries on airplanes, even while it rejected calls for a broader ban.

By Alan Levin, Bloomberg | Updated on October 30, 2015
This file frame grab from video, provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows a test at the FAAs technical center in Atlantic City, N.J. last April, where a cargo container was packed with 5,000 rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Citing safety concerns, United Airlines on Monday, March, 2, 2015, became the second major U.S. airline to announce it will no longer accept bulk shipments of rechargeable batteries of the kind that power everything from smartphones to laptops to power tools. (AP Photo/FAA, File)

(Bloomberg) — A United Nations aviation panel has voted to require tighter standards for shipments of lithium-based batteries on airplanes, even while it rejected calls for a broader ban.

A committee of the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal took a preliminary step to ensure batteries are shipped with lower charge levels and that they are identified and packaged properly, the U.S. Air Line Pilots Association union said in an e-mailed statement Friday.

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