Narrative:

During taxi out for takeoff; we received the following message: captain you have to return to the gate or at least the alley because ZZZ ramp did not secure the hazmat in accordance with FAA required guidelines. We returned to gate; and parked the aircraft. While I coordinated; the ramp crew properly secured the hazmat; and once we confirmed that we were legal and our rls was still valid to continue; we departed without further incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 Captain reported a ground gate return due to improperly secure Hazmat cargo in cargo compartment.

Narrative: During taxi out for takeoff; we received the following message: Captain you have to return to the gate or at least the alley because ZZZ ramp did not secure the Hazmat in accordance with FAA required guidelines. We returned to gate; and parked the aircraft. While I coordinated; the ramp crew properly secured the Hazmat; and once we confirmed that we were legal and our RLS was still valid to continue; we departed without further incident.

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.