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The U.S Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) has fined British Airways $195,000
for violating Hazardous Materials Regulations. The FAA
alleges that on August 14, 2012, British Airways offered
a cardboard box containing a chemical oxygen generator
to American Airlines for shipment aboard a passenger
aircraft. The passenger oxygen system, was being shipped
to Texas
for repair.
The FAA alleges British Airways did not declare the
hazardous materials, and the shipment was not
properly classed, described, packaged, marked or
labeled. The FAA further alleges British Airways
failed to label the package as an oxidizer that is
suitable for transport by cargo aircraft only,
provided no emergency response information with the
package, and did not ensure its employees had
received the required training for shipping
hazardous materials.
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