<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1652956, June 2019

A321 captain reported dispatch notification of hazmat cargo on board during cruise. Flight crew not provided with required documents or notoc at departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	1652956
Time
Date	201906
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Total 19000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

After reaching cruise altitude; a message from dispatch was received on the ACARS. The message said 'I was just notified by operations that there was dangerous goods loaded - flammable maintenance materials'. The first officer and I were unaware of the hazmat on the airplane until this time. No further action was taken by the crew.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A321 Captain reported Dispatch notification of Hazmat cargo on board during cruise. Flight crew not provided with required documents or NOTOC at departure airport.

Narrative: After reaching cruise altitude; a message from dispatch was received on the ACARS. The message said 'I was just notified by Operations that there was dangerous goods loaded - Flammable Maintenance Materials'. The First Officer and I were unaware of the Hazmat on the airplane until this time. No further action was taken by the crew.

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.