FAA proposes $195,000 civil penalty against British Airways

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $195,000 civil penalty against British Airways for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations. The FAA alleges that on Aug. 14, 2012, British Airways offered a cardboard box containing a chemical oxygen generator to American Airlines for shipment aboard a passenger aircraft from London Heathrow Airport to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Oxygen generators are extremely flammable and are forbidden as cargo aboard passenger aircraft. The generator, which is a component in the passenger oxygen system, was being shipped to Texas for repair. The FAA alleges British Airways did not declare