Carriers warn of cargo disruption due to strikes at Munich Airport
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By Alex Lennane
Lufthansa has banned the shipment of dry ice in its 747s to prioritise pets, despite demand from pharmaceutical shippers.
The carrier said the decision was due to a high number of late bookings for animals, which have to be kept in different places in the hold when dry ice is shipped.
The carrier said the decision was intended “to provide greater planning certainty for our customers, as off-loads of shipments with dry ice due to last-minute bookings of animals have increased in the ...
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jb
October 16, 2018 at 7:18 pm“Dry ice consumes oxygen”
No, it doesn’t. It converts to gaseous carbon dioxide which is heavier that oxygen (44gm/mole vs 32gm/mole) and thus displaces it. There is no reaction between the 2 under normal circumstances