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B777 captain reported refusing dangerous goods cargo due to dispatch having no knowledge of what type of dg it was.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1687352 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201909 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 218 Flight Crew Total 13530 Flight Crew Type 3984 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I was the captain on aircraft X. Upon arrival at the aircraft our planned dg [dangerous goods] manifest showed 54 pounds of explosives in 7 packages. I queried dispatch who patched in the dg personnel. I asked them exactly what were we carrying. They could only tell me that the items were the least dangerous explosives (an oxymoron if I've ever heard one); that the amount was right at the limit of what could be carried and that the explosives were the only type of explosives [company] would carry. Yet with all that information; they still could not tell me what exactly we were carrying. In the interest of safety; I had the cargo removed. We departed on time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B777 Captain reported refusing Dangerous Goods cargo due to Dispatch having no knowledge of what type of DG it was.
Narrative: I was the Captain on Aircraft X. Upon arrival at the aircraft our planned DG [Dangerous Goods] manifest showed 54 LBS of explosives in 7 packages. I queried Dispatch who patched in the DG personnel. I asked them exactly what were we carrying. They could only tell me that the items were the least dangerous explosives (an oxymoron if I've ever heard one); that the amount was right at the limit of what could be carried and that the explosives were the only type of explosives [company] would carry. Yet with all that information; they still could not tell me what exactly we were carrying. In the interest of safety; I had the cargo removed. We departed on time.
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.