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A B777 captain refuse an approximate 10;000 pound lithium ion battery shipment because he had no information about battery storage conditions or temperature and felt they were dangerous goods.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1303596 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201510 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | VHHH.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
I refused a shipment of approximately 10;000lbs of lithium ion batteries based on my feelings that this is in fact dangerous goods. No information is provided to me as to where the batteries have been stored and under what conditions. There is no information provided on the internal temperature of the batteries. Based on this; I feel that thses are dangerous goods.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B777 Captain refuse an approximate 10;000 pound lithium ion battery shipment because he had no information about battery storage conditions or temperature and felt they were dangerous goods.
Narrative: I refused a shipment of approximately 10;000lbs of lithium ion batteries based on my feelings that this is in fact dangerous goods. No information is provided to me as to where the batteries have been stored and under what conditions. There is no information provided on the internal temperature of the batteries. Based on this; I feel that thses are dangerous goods.
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.