IATA, PRBA Call For Stricter Lithium-Battery Rules

Credit: U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
LONDON—Regulations surrounding the carriage of lithium batteries—which have been implicated in several fires aboard airliners—must be more strictly enforced, IATA and battery manufacturers said Aug. 15. Significant financial penalties and even prison sentences should be imposed on those flouting the...

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