ICAO and
regulators worldwide are examining methods to mitigate the risk posed by air
carriage of lithium batteries. The crashes of two freighters in 2010 and 2011,
and the grounding of Boeing 787s in 2013, all connected with lithium batteries on
board, in combination with recent FAA studies, have sparked an intense debate
on the conditions under which lithium batteries should be (not) allowed on board
aircraft.
