Amazon faces huge fine for exploding batteries scandal

Internet giant Amazon is facing a massive fine for trying to get highly dangerous items jetted around the world. The company gave the go-ahead for dangerous goods including flammable aerosols and potentially unstable lithium-ion batteries to be packed onto planes. All of the parcels were intercepted by Royal Mail. In the last ten weeks of 2013 Amazon attempted to send 334 unsuitable parcels via air freight – or roughly five a day. Following an intervention by Royal Mail the number…