IN-2014/205: Revision to CAA/FAA Lithium Battery Videos
The purpose of this Information Notice is to notify aircraft operators and agencies involved with the handling of cargo, passengers and baggage, that the videos relating to Flight and Cabin Crew and Cargo and Ramp (as detailed in paragraph 2.5) have been amended to reflect the prohibition on the carriage of lithium metal batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft which takes effect on 1 January 2015.
This Information Notice supersedes IN-2014/117
The key phrase is "the prohibition on the carriage of lithium metal batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft".
Now, if lithium batteries are so dangerous that they must be prohibited as cargo, it seems to me that they should be prohibited in hold baggage as well, whether installed in a device or separate. But I know little about the science behind it, so can anyone say whether that reaction is right or wrong?