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IATA is warning airlines, airports and passengers to take special note of regulations covering hoverboards – this Christmas’s toy of choice – and called for heavy penalties, including prison, for shippers failing to obey the rules.

Airlines have been concerned over the safety of the ‘vehicles’, which in many cases have caught fire while being charged-up – or even when being used.

As the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission warned this morning of the risk of battery fires in the devices, echoing ...