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Tuesday 23 Feb 2016 - 13:11 Makkah mean time-14-5-1437
Passenger plane (File image from Internet)
Washington (IINA) – The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) approved on Monday a temporary ban on cargo shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries on passenger planes because they can create intense fires capable of destroying an aircraft, according AP.
The decision by ICAO's top-level governing council isn't binding, but most countries follow the agency's standards. The ban will be effective on April 1.
"This interim prohibition will continue to be in force as separate work continues through ICAO on a new lithium battery packaging performance standard, currently expected by 2018," said President of ICAO council Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu.
Lithium-ion batteries are used in a vast array of products from cellphones and laptops to some electric cars.
Aviation authorities have long known that the batteries can self-ignite, creating fires that are hotter than 1,100 degrees. That's near the melting point of aluminum, which is used in aircraft construction.
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