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Load control agent reported connecting usps parcel containing hazmat cargo missing required dangerous goods identification label.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1599162 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201811 |
| 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 | Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Received off inbound flight mail parcel containing undeclared lithium battery UN3481. This undeclared dangerous good was put on a passenger airline [flight] containing lithium batteries. This is becoming a very frequent event of the usps tendering mail parcels with undeclared dangerous goods lithium batteries for passenger airline flights. This mail had already flown and was boarded on one leg of a flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Load Control agent reported connecting USPS parcel containing Hazmat cargo missing required dangerous goods identification label.
Narrative: Received off inbound flight mail parcel containing undeclared lithium battery UN3481. This undeclared dangerous good was put on a passenger airline [flight] containing lithium batteries. This is becoming a very frequent event of the USPS tendering mail parcels with undeclared dangerous goods lithium batteries for passenger airline flights. This mail had already flown and was boarded on one leg of a flight.
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.