Amazon fined £65,000 for attempting to deliver hazardous goods by air - lithium ion batteries for sale

Online shopping site giantamazonas was fined £ 65,000 for trying to air dangerous goods.
Earlier this week, the retailer was convicted in the royal court of Southwark of four counts of violating air safety regulations, causing dangerous goods to be delivered to aircraft for transport.
These items include lithium-ion batteries and flammable aerosol, which are shipped in four batches to and outside the UK between January 2014 and June 2015.
Only when the goods were screened by Royal Mail before their scheduled departure and seized before arriving at the plane did they be found.
The prosecution of dangerous goods found in the transport of Amazon services was brought by the Civil Aviation Administration under Air (Dangerous Goods) Ordinance 2002, which outlines how these items must be handled by air.
This includes how they must be sorted, packaged, marked, and recorded
And dangerous goods training that must be completed by the sender.
The court heard the case of transporting lithium-ion batteries to Jersey the day before January 7, 2014 and similar dates for transporting flammable gas aerosol to Romania.
Another shipment was shipped to Ireland the day before July 17 of the same year, which contained another aerosol, while Amazon illegally attempted to send two more lithium-ion batteries to Northern Ireland during the month of May 12-6.
Amazon is facing 11 charges related to the shipment of dangerous goods by air.
After the jury was unable to deliver a verdict on them, one charge was dismissed and the other six charges were filed.
Amazon says they "inadvertently" violate the rules, "neither intentionally nor recklessly," as a result of a classification error caused by human error.
But Martin Goudi, who sued the Civil Aviation Authority, said that if the items were eventually carried on the plane, there would be potential risks, strict regulations and Amazon's own security rules mean it's not just a "speculative risk ".
He told the court: "in the appropriate circumstances, the battery, even the new, undamaged battery, may overheat and may cause burns, explosions or fires.
"Amazon was fined after being revealed in 2015 that the UK subsidiary had a turnover of just under £ 1 billion and a profit of £ 38 million.
Judge Michael sad QC, in sentencing the company, said that while "there are few relatively minor violations", he must take into account "the large resources of the company ".
He said: "It seems to me that the jury's decision reflects the result of systemic failure, although it is a result of human error.
"The CAA has filed a lawsuit under the Air Transport (Dangerous Goods) Ordinance 2002, which outlines how these items must be handled by air.
This includes how they must be sorted, packaged, marked, and recorded
And dangerous goods training that must be completed by the sender.
2013 mail from Royal Mail issued a warning to Amazon that it might violate the rules.
Mr. Goudie said that these violations indicated that there was a "system error" in Amazon because systems that determined whether the goods should be classified as dangerous were allowed to rely on incorrect information.
He said: "You can't blame Amazon people if you don't have the ability to know what they're actually dealing.
But defense lawyer Stephen Spence denied that there were systemic defects, saying that if there were systemic defects, more defects would likely be found.
Amazon, without previous beliefs or warnings, is leading the way in pushing security standards, he said, and other much smaller companies have made bigger mistakes.
He said: "Amazon is not a sitting company.
This is certainly not a company that turns a blind eye to potential problems.
"What we're talking about is not the amazing thing about tying a propane tank to a plane," Mr Spencer added . "
They are daily necessities and people should look at them from this perspective.
"There is no evidence, he said, that the items were prepared for passenger flights.
Justice Grieve told the court that while Amazon was "never complacent" about dangerous goods, he said that if violations were not repeated, it might be necessary to introduce a physical review system for lithium-ion batteries and aerosol.
In a statement after being convicted earlier this week, Amazon said: "The security of the public, our customers, employees and partners is an absolute priority.
"We ship millions of products every week and are confident in the complex technologies and processes we develop to detect potential shipping hazards.
"We have been working on further improvements and will continue to work with the CAA in this area.
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