FAA fines two India cos. for uranium cargo

The Federal Aviation Administration has fined two Indian companies $422,500 for sending a radioactive shipment of depleted uranium as cargo on a passenger-carrying British Airways flight from Mumbai to Logan International Airport in 2008.
The FAA alleges that IIS & Allied Services and its freight forwarder, Gallant Freight & Travels, failed to declare the hazardous nature of the shipment, which wasn’t properly packaged or labeled.
Radioactive materials are not allowed to be shipped as cargo aboard passenger aircraft, with some exceptions. The depleted uranium was destined for QSA Global Inc. in Burlington.
Employees at British Airways’ Boston cargo facility discovered the radioactive material on June 16, 2008, when the bottom of the shipment’s crate failed, revealing inner packaging warning that it contained depleted uranium and shouldn’t be shipped on a passenger plane.
01/07/10 Donna Goodison/Boston Herald.com

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Categories: Cargo Jul 2010, Foreign Jul 2010, Safety Jul 2010