"Dangerous" Vanity Item

It seems that the pictured item caused a bit of a stir for a flight crew recently.

The bottle was found unattended and there was some question as to what it was.  That was, until a teenager claimed it and said it was a water bottle he bought from www.cafepress.com .

Hydric Acid or DiHydrogen Monoxide is also known as "Water".   Go Figure! 

Be on the look out for these items and make your teams aware that they exist so that there is no confusion as to what it is.   This could have been a very costly incident. 

UPS working to reduce fire risk

The integrator was responding to new recommendations from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, which is seeking to revive proposals it first put forward six years ago following a fire that destroyed a UPS DC-8 after it landed in Philadelphia.

Read the Air Cargo World Article:   http://www.aircargoworld.com/Air-Cargo-News/2012/12/ups-working-to-reduce-fire-risk/0311158

Fire suppression systems urged in all cargo planes

The government should require fire suppression systems in all cargo containers or compartments of planes to prevent the kind of ferocious in-flight blazes that have killed four cargo pilots over the past six years, federal accident investigators said Wednesday.

Read the Huffington Post Story:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20121128/us-cargo-plane-fires/

Washington Post Story Here:  http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-11-28/politics/35510825_1_lithium-batteries-ups-plane-lithium-ion-batteries

How Miscommunication And A Simple Mistake Led To A Toxic Accident

A year and a half ago, a mix-up at a Tyson Foods chicken processing plant landed more than 150 workers in the hospital. Five required intensive care.

View the NPR Article here:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/12/07/166658038/how-miscommunication-and-a-simple-mistake-led-to-a-toxic-accident?ft=1&f=1001

More on Li-Bats

Transport Canada is investigating a high-profile Richmond, B.C., company in connection with the air transport of potentially dangerous lithium ion batteries.

Read the Article here:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/11/05/bc-lithium-ion-batteries-fire.html