Narrative:

Hazmat exceeding limits for cargo compartment. XA50, location: old ramp. 5 mins before departure, crew chief brought 6 hazmats to captain due to volume of materials. Captain called dispatch and he called hazmat people. The materials of one of the hazmats was the maximum for a cargo compartment. Other materials on 3 other hazmats were moved to another compartment to be legal. 2 of the hazmat forms materials were offloaded after dispatch and hazmat person and captain decided we had too much hazmat of too many different types for the passenger flight. Please brief cargo and local hazmat personnel as to cargo compartment limits.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CREW CHIEF AND CAPT OF B757 LEARN THAT PROPOSED HAZMAT QUANTITY AND TYPES COULD NOT ALL BE LOADED ON THEIR PAX CARRYING ACFT AND THE REMAINING HAD TO BE REDISTRIBUTED TO ANOTHER CARGO BIN IN ORDER TO MEET HAZMAT CARRYING REQUIREMENTS.

Narrative: HAZMAT EXCEEDING LIMITS FOR CARGO COMPARTMENT. XA50, LOCATION: OLD RAMP. 5 MINS BEFORE DEP, CREW CHIEF BROUGHT 6 HAZMATS TO CAPT DUE TO VOLUME OF MATERIALS. CAPT CALLED DISPATCH AND HE CALLED HAZMAT PEOPLE. THE MATERIALS OF ONE OF THE HAZMATS WAS THE MAX FOR A CARGO COMPARTMENT. OTHER MATERIALS ON 3 OTHER HAZMATS WERE MOVED TO ANOTHER COMPARTMENT TO BE LEGAL. 2 OF THE HAZMAT FORMS MATERIALS WERE OFFLOADED AFTER DISPATCH AND HAZMAT PERSON AND CAPT DECIDED WE HAD TOO MUCH HAZMAT OF TOO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES FOR THE PAX FLT. PLEASE BRIEF CARGO AND LCL HAZMAT PERSONNEL AS TO CARGO COMPARTMENT LIMITS.

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.