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Air carrier ramp employee reported an international flight was called back after takeoff to remove an excessive amount of hazmat that had been loaded.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1439492 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201704 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I was the lead. When I first pulled up the flight I saw 2 animals and a hazmat on the dangerous goods stage and to secure it with 15 bags. I pulled up my paperwork; not knowing that the load put the hazmat below the line; and I told my bag match guy to make sure to put 15 bags around it. They put in 21 bags. I proceeded to load the rest of the bag cans while they were doing [that]. I locked out my flight and it took off. Then the cargo people asked me about the hazmat and I told them it was on the plane and they had to turn the plane around and bring it back to remove it which I did. The hazmat was 13 pounds over weight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier ramp employee reported an international flight was called back after takeoff to remove an excessive amount of HAZMAT that had been loaded.
Narrative: I was the lead. When I first pulled up the flight I saw 2 animals and a hazmat on the Dangerous Goods stage and to secure it with 15 bags. I pulled up my paperwork; not knowing that the load put the hazmat below the line; and I told my bag match guy to make sure to put 15 bags around it. They put in 21 bags. I proceeded to load the rest of the bag cans while they were doing [that]. I locked out my flight and it took off. Then the cargo people asked me about the hazmat and I told them it was on the plane and they had to turn the plane around and bring it back to remove it which I did. The hazmat was 13 LBS over weight.
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.