Erin Aziz : Lithium cargo clue to MH370 fate? The news that missing Malaysia Flight 370 was transporting lithium-ion batteries in the cargo hold will comeas little surprise to the former head of security for the United States’ Federal Aviation Administration. Billie Vincent who served as the FAA’s civil aviation security chief insisted from the out set that rather than portraying the crew of the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 as saboteurs, the pilots struggled heroically to save their aircraft until over come by smoke from a catastrophic cargo fire. Malaysian authorities on Friday confirmed that the missing flight was carrying some lithium ion batteries in its cargo hold but said they did not regard the mas endangering safety as standard rules had been observed in packing. “These are not regarded as dangerous goods and were packed as recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organisation,” Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya told a media briefing. Until now details of the cargo manifest have been limited to four tonnes of mangosteens.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:59:03 +0000
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