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Ground agent reported current level of lithium ion battery powered smart bags continue to be accepted as checked bags with batteries installed in violation of hazmat company procedures and DOT regulations.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1654030 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201906 |
| 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:
Some safety concerns:we continue to prevent smart bags with lithium batteries from being loaded but unfortunately there is no way to monitor how many bags are getting by. When an rse identifies a smart bag there is no process that informs the rse if the bag was inspected; who inspected the bag and if powered by lithium was the lithium battery was removed. Smart bags are becoming harder and harder to detect or determine if the bag is powered by lithium batteries. This is creating an unmanageable threat.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ground Agent reported current level of lithium ion battery powered smart bags continue to be accepted as checked bags with batteries installed in violation of Hazmat company procedures and DOT regulations.
Narrative: Some Safety Concerns:We continue to prevent smart bags with lithium batteries from being loaded but unfortunately there is no way to monitor how many bags are getting by. When an RSE identifies a smart bag there is no process that informs the RSE if the bag was inspected; who inspected the bag and if powered by lithium was the lithium battery was removed. Smart bags are becoming harder and harder to detect or determine if the bag is powered by lithium batteries. This is creating an unmanageable threat.
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.