Lithium Battery Risk Assessment Guidance for Operations - 3rd Edition

Lithium Battery Risk Assessment Guidance for Operations - 3rd Edition

Publication info
Author
IATA
Category
Fire Smoke and Fumes Ground Operations
Date of publication
16/03/2020

This document is based on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 6 – Operation of Aircraft, Part I – International Commercial Air Transport – Aeroplanes and the associated Guidance for Safe Operations Involving Aeroplane Cargo Compartments Doc (10102), the ICAO Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (Technical Instructions) (Doc 9284) and the 61st Edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR). It is designed to outline potential strategies operators may wish to consider for addressing and mitigating the risks associated with the transport of lithium batteries, in cargo and mail as well as in passenger and crew baggage.

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