Potential bad news for shipping lipos.

nerdnic

nerdnic.com
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I wonder if this will just impact passenger planes?

Alder said Boeing's warning to airlines mirrors an industry position circulated to ICAO and global aviation authorities that urged a ban on bulk battery shipments on passenger planes, calling the threat of fires "an unacceptable risk."

As it stands now you're not supposed to transport batteries as checked baggage but rather carry on. So I'm a little confused about this.
 

defhermit

Member
the article is ONLY talking about bulk shipments, which are sometimes shipped in passenger planes as additional cargo (along for the ride, as it were). this has no impact on what plane passengers choose to bring with them on flights as carry-ons.