NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

TENTATIVE PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA

**UPS AIRLINES FLIGHT 1307**

**JULY 12-13, 2006**

Parties to Hearing:

1.  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

2.  Pipeline/Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)

3.  UPS Airlines

4.  Boeing Commercial Airplane Group

5.  Independent Pilots Association

6.  Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)

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#### Agenda

Investigation review by Investigator in Charge: Mr. Frank Hilldrup

Major Investigations Division

NTSB

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**[TOPIC #1: Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Response
(ARFF)]{.underline}**

***[1. Philadelphia International Airport ARFF]{.underline}***

Discussion areas:

-   Obstacles/Challenges in PHL

-   ARFF Training

-   Changes since the accident

## TOPIC #2: Design, Testing, and Failure Modes of Lithium Batteries

***[2. Lithium Battery Panel]{.underline}***

Discussion areas:

-   History of Lithium Ion Batteries.

-   Why the switch from other types of batteries?

-   Compare lithium ion batteries with other common batteries.

-   How do they work?

-   Variety of designs.

-   What safeguards are designed into them?

-   Regulations -- testing and Q/C.

-   What failures have occurred and why?

-   Fire test program for lithium batteries and results.

-   Incidents and accidents involving lithium batteries.

-   Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) history of lithium battery
    incidents.

-   Other battery related incidents -- differences -- similarities --
    fires?

**[TOPIC #3: Operations and Regulations Concerning Lithium
Batteries]{.underline}**

***[3. Operations/Regulations Panel]{.underline}***

Discussion areas:

-   Department of Transportation's (DOT) regulations & rulemaking for
    shipment of lithium batteries.

-   History of regulations from 1980's Flammable solid-dangerous when
    wet to today's Class 9 miscellaneous materials and totally excepted.

-   Justification for reducing hazard level & identification.

-   Current regulations.

-   Exceptions for Lithium Ion Batteries in equipment.

-   International regulations & rulemaking-design and testing-Q/C.

-   Incidents and accidents involving Lithium Batteries.

-   FAA's Authority (Differences from PHMSA).

-   FAA's role in rulemaking

-   Unique nature of air transportation

# FAA rulemaking proposals

-   Incidents and accidents involving lithium batteries, other
    batteries, and equipment containing batteries.

-   Civil penalties --

> How do we identify undeclared haz mat?
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> How do we identify batteries in equipment?

-   Problems with lithium batteries in air cargo transportation.

-   Methods, current or proposed, for identifying and handling lithium
    batteries in air cargo transportation.

**[TOPIC #4: Aircraft Fire Detection and Suppression, Systems and
Regulations]{.underline}**

***[4. FAA/FedEx Panel]{.underline}***

Discussion areas:

-   General information on suppression systems/technology on aircraft.

-   Dynamics of systems.

-   Difficulties faced by systems (fuel load, containment, etc.).

-   Suppression systems tested at the Tech Center.

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-   Presentation on FedEx suppression system.

-   History of fire suppression regulations on aircraft.

-   Current regulations.

-   Differences in regulations between cargo aircraft and passenger
    aircraft and justification for differences.