Lithium metal batteries could be banned from bellies by January 2015

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From January 1 2015, lithium metal batteries will no longer be able to travel in aircraft bellies, it is expected.

ICAO’s dangerous goods panel meeting last week in Montreal concluded with a recommendation that only lithium metal batteries packed or contained within equipment, and those carried by passengers in the cabin, can travel on passenger aircraft. Passengers were prohibited from checking-in loose batteries in 2008.

The proposals, both the prohibition and date of implementation, need to be agreed by the Air Navigation ...