Some of the world's largest airlines are banning heavy shipments of rechargeable batteries because there is growing evidence that they could cause catastrophic lossesflight fires.
United Airlines is now the second largest airline in the United States for security reasons. S.
The airline has announced that it will no longer accept the bulk transport of rechargeable batteries.
At the beginning of February, Delta quietly stopped accepting mass transportation of batteries.
The airline said it had taken action against the government's tests.
Late last month, American Airlines stopped receiving certain types of rechargeable batteries.
However, the airline continues to accept the practice of combining a small package of battery packs into a cargo container.
All three airlines said they would continue to accept bulk shipping of equipment equipped with batteries or batteries in the same package as the equipment.
Shipping is profitable.
So far, there has been no freight fire in passenger airlines due to lithium batteries.
But because some airlines ban shipments, this could put pressure on other airlines to follow suit.