The vigilance by airlines about keeping the fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 off planes may seem excessive. Maybe it shouldn't: Lithium-ion batteries have been implicated in two fatal plane crashes since 2010 ...

Analyst Insight: The shipping and handling of lithium batteries has become a highly challenging and regulated endeavor. Given the fire risk associated with this hazardous material, heavy restrictions ...

WASHINGTON — Dramatic U.S. government test results raise new concern that bulk shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries carried as cargo on passenger planes are susceptible to fires or explosions ...

Some members of the public seem to think so, and airlines are responding in kind. United Airlines recently joined Delta Airlines in banning all bulk shipments of rechargeable lithium ion batteries.

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An improperly labeled fiberboard box containing 33 lithium battery-powered electronic devices has landed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in hot water with the US Federal Aviation ...

Product’s maker says wrapping material also can be used when handling end-of-life batteries. The CEO of PACT says its new product has the ability to contain both fire and residual smoke within the ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation maintains that stricter rules for carrying small lithium-ion batteries on passenger jets and air freighters are needed to improve air safety, despite opposition ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Labelmaster, the leading provider of products, services and technology for the safe and compliant transport of dangerous goods (DG) and hazardous materials (hazmat), today ...