GUILLAUME HALLEUX SPITTING FACTS

Qatar Airways Chief Officer of cargo, Guillaume Halleux, expressed his concern over the dangers possessed by rogue Lithium-ion battery shipment. The speech was delivered at the World Cargo Symposium in Dublin where Halleux discusses the negligence caused by mis-declaration of goods that have caused accident in the air and even airports in last 15 years. Suggested by Halleux is a method where screening of these shipments are implemented on a regulatory basis and not by individual airlines. He urges to the regulators to take this matter seriously as sitting around and waiting for a major accident is hardly a wise decision. Lithium-ion batteries are in fact a dangerous good and must be dealt with utmost care.

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Summary by Tejaswi Khanna

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