Flight crew notified of hazardous material aboard after takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	268797
Time
Date	199404
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : brw
State Reference	AK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 1000 agl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 85
ASRS Report	268797
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Carried law enforcement personnel from crime scene, notified after takeoff of tear gas and other hazardous material in belly, not declared by swat team. Landed in fairbanks as scheduled and deplaned the hazardous material. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states his company notified him on company frequency that they had secured some canisters that were shipped with the troopers baggage so they did not roll around. This concerned reporter enough that he went back to speak to troopers. They said, yes, they had some tear gas and when questioned about other items they were very vague and would not indicate specifics. When questioned, they knew about not carrying their tear gas canisters aboard, but did not see the problem with those in the baggage area. Claimed they do it all the time. Reporter has complained to company, who is now working with the troopers on either a waiver or some other means of transporting the hazardous material.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC NOTIFIED OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ABOARD AFTER TKOF.

Narrative: CARRIED LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL FROM CRIME SCENE, NOTIFIED AFTER TKOF OF TEAR GAS AND OTHER HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IN BELLY, NOT DECLARED BY SWAT TEAM. LANDED IN FAIRBANKS AS SCHEDULED AND DEPLANED THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES HIS COMPANY NOTIFIED HIM ON COMPANY FREQ THAT THEY HAD SECURED SOME CANISTERS THAT WERE SHIPPED WITH THE TROOPERS BAGGAGE SO THEY DID NOT ROLL AROUND. THIS CONCERNED RPTR ENOUGH THAT HE WENT BACK TO SPEAK TO TROOPERS. THEY SAID, YES, THEY HAD SOME TEAR GAS AND WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT OTHER ITEMS THEY WERE VERY VAGUE AND WOULD NOT INDICATE SPECIFICS. WHEN QUESTIONED, THEY KNEW ABOUT NOT CARRYING THEIR TEAR GAS CANISTERS ABOARD, BUT DID NOT SEE THE PROB WITH THOSE IN THE BAGGAGE AREA. CLAIMED THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME. RPTR HAS COMPLAINED TO COMPANY, WHO IS NOW WORKING WITH THE TROOPERS ON EITHER A WAIVER OR SOME OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTING THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.