A319 flight crew reported ground delay due to hazmat cargo improperly loaded.

Attributes
ACN	1604410
Time
Date	201812
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 32 Flight Crew Type 1401
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We pushed from gate. We were told to hold engine start. We then needed clearance back to gate because they improperly loaded our hazmat material. 15 minutes later as we were trying to get towed to a new gate. They called and magically said it's all good. You can continue. The warm and fuzzy did not come back and both the captain and I wanted confirmation that the material was stored correctly. So; we started the engine taxied to another gate and ground popped the cargo door and confirmed or corrected the loading.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 flight crew reported ground delay due to Hazmat cargo improperly loaded.

Narrative: We pushed from gate. We were told to hold engine start. We then needed clearance back to gate because they improperly loaded our Hazmat material. 15 minutes later as we were trying to get towed to a new gate. They called and magically said It's all good. You can continue. The warm and fuzzy did not come back and both the Captain and I wanted confirmation that the material was stored correctly. So; we started the engine taxied to another gate and ground popped the cargo door and confirmed or corrected the loading.

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.