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Captain of an air carrier B727 expresses concern for notification prior to flight that he will be carrying infectious material that he believes would expose his passenger to additional harm after a possible survivable accident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 423602 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : cvg airport : cvg |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 423602 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
About 1/2 hour prior to pushback, ramp agent delivered form with following dangerous goods listed: infectious substance liquid: (hiv) hepatitis B (virus) hepatitis C (virus). Company SOP allows for carriage of up to 55 pounds. Flight was eventually canceled due to WX but should we be carrying such a combination of the most contagious and dangerous substances onboard an airplane? What kind of liability would there be if someone survives an aircraft accident or incident only to succumb to disease caused by compromise of containers carrying these goods?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN ACR B727 EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR NOTIFICATION PRIOR TO FLT THAT HE WILL BE CARRYING INFECTIOUS MATERIAL THAT HE BELIEVES WOULD EXPOSE HIS PAX TO ADDITIONAL HARM AFTER A POSSIBLE SURVIVABLE ACCIDENT.
Narrative: ABOUT 1/2 HR PRIOR TO PUSHBACK, RAMP AGENT DELIVERED FORM WITH FOLLOWING DANGEROUS GOODS LISTED: INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE LIQUID: (HIV) HEPATITIS B (VIRUS) HEPATITIS C (VIRUS). COMPANY SOP ALLOWS FOR CARRIAGE OF UP TO 55 LBS. FLT WAS EVENTUALLY CANCELED DUE TO WX BUT SHOULD WE BE CARRYING SUCH A COMBINATION OF THE MOST CONTAGIOUS AND DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES ONBOARD AN AIRPLANE? WHAT KIND OF LIABILITY WOULD THERE BE IF SOMEONE SURVIVES AN ACFT ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT ONLY TO SUCCUMB TO DISEASE CAUSED BY COMPROMISE OF CONTAINERS CARRYING THESE GOODS?
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.