IATA Publishes Addendum to 2013 DGR

This is interesting in that the addendum has been published before 1 January 2013!  Click here for the file.

IATA Lithium Battery Guidance

IATA has published another excellent guidance document which addresses the 2013 DGR changes.  To view the document, please click here.

FAA Battery Incidents Report

This document is fairly up to date and will certainly open your eyes as to the large number of incidents in air transportation involving lithium batteries.  Note how many of these take place in the passenger cabin or in checked baggage!

Access the document here.

FAA Allows Transition Period on Lithium Batteries

FAA announced today (12/21/2012) that a one month transition period will be allowed for use of the 2011-2012 ICAO Technical Instructions as they relate to lithium batteries.  This does not include "contained in" or "packed with" equipment.

For the IATA user, this means you may use the 2012 IATA DGR until the end of January 2013