Narrative:

Two dangerous goods (dg) cans loaded on aircraft in positions 1L & 2L; dg manifest page showed 432 pounds of class 2.2 along with other dg in container as accessible dg. First officer was shown container in position 1L only and not shown container in position 2L which had only class 2.2. Fire extinguishing hose was not connected to position 2L container. Upon arrival dg specialist discovered and explained to crew that the additional position 2L had a portion of class 2.2 shown on dg manifest due to a max weight limitation of class 2.2 per container. Referencing the dg position summary it shows 288 pounds of the 432 pounds of class 2.2 listed on the dg manifest was in a second container in position 2L.[departure airport] dg specialist failed to present first officer the second dg container in position 2L and failed to attach extinguishing hose to dg container in position 2LDG manifest does not indicate that there is/are one or more accessible dangerous goods (air driven generator) containers; must rely on knowledge of container serial numbers on dg position summary to know if there is an additional dg container loaded.indicate on dg manifest with a symbol that there are more than one air driven generator containers on board. Relying on first officer and captain to recognize container serial numbers on dg position summary is not reliable. If symbol on dg manifest this would help first officer and captain recognize that there are more than one air driven generator containers on board and question dg specialist if not shown second container.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 FO reported some dangerous good cargo was improperly loaded and the flight crew failed to catch the error.

Narrative: Two Dangerous Goods (DG) cans loaded on aircraft in positions 1L & 2L; DG manifest page showed 432 LBS of class 2.2 along with other DG in container as accessible DG. FO was shown container in position 1L only and not shown container in position 2L which had only class 2.2. Fire extinguishing hose was not connected to position 2L container. Upon arrival DG specialist discovered and explained to crew that the additional position 2L had a portion of class 2.2 shown on DG Manifest due to a max weight limitation of class 2.2 per container. Referencing the DG position summary it shows 288 LBS of the 432 LBS of class 2.2 listed on the DG manifest was in a second container in position 2L.[Departure airport] DG specialist failed to present FO the second DG container in position 2L and failed to attach extinguishing hose to DG container in position 2LDG manifest does not indicate that there is/are one or more Accessible Dangerous Goods (ADG) containers; must rely on knowledge of container serial numbers on DG position summary to know if there is an additional DG container loaded.Indicate on DG manifest with a symbol that there are more than one ADG containers on board. Relying on FO and Captain to recognize container serial numbers on DG position summary is not reliable. If symbol on DG manifest this would help FO and Captain recognize that there are more than one ADG containers on board and question DG specialist if not shown second container.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.