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A B777 captain reported an international station attempted to load 350 lbs of lithium ion batteries onto his flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1307406 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201510 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Other Parked pre-departure |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 166 Flight Crew Total 10558 Flight Crew Type 6675 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation |
Narrative:
Prior to pushback I received a hazardous material (hazmat) notification via ACARS printer that said we had 350 lbs of lithium ion batteries onboard embedded in equipment shown as computers and cellphones. I contacted dispatch and they patched me through to the hazmat specialist. Hazmat specialist said all they showed was 'miscellaneous hazmat' onboard with no mention of lithium ion batteries. I ordered all of the batteries removed. Ops had the cargo containing the lithium ion batteries removed and we departed uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B777 Captain reported an international station attempted to load 350 lbs of lithium ion batteries onto his flight.
Narrative: Prior to pushback I received a Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) notification via ACARS printer that said we had 350 lbs of lithium ion batteries onboard embedded in equipment shown as computers and cellphones. I contacted dispatch and they patched me through to the HAZMAT specialist. HAZMAT specialist said all they showed was 'Miscellaneous HAZMAT' onboard with no mention of lithium ion batteries. I ordered all of the batteries removed. Ops had the cargo containing the Lithium Ion batteries removed and we departed uneventfully.
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.