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B757 captain does not believe that dangerous goods [hazmat] are being properly secured when transported on company aircraft as required by the fom.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 931877 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201102 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 175 Flight Crew Total 17133 Flight Crew Type 1578 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Thirteen minutes before pushback the new dangerous goods sheet printed. I saw I had aircraft batteries on board. I have had trouble with ramp properly loading dangerous goods so I went out to check. The batteries were in plastic containers sitting loose in the cargo bay. I asked about securing them; but was told there was no way to do it and this is how they are always sent. It's not my area of expertise; so I took the aircraft. Once at cruise I found the fom says dangerous goods are to be secured. Sitting loose in a cargo bay is not secured. I am getting leery of accepting dangerous goods as ramp does not seem to know how to properly load them. A few months ago I had 30 some boxes of highly corrosive liquid loose in the bulk cargo area of a B767. In that instance I had ramp tape them all together so they could not turn upside down. We need a method of securing dangerous goods if we are to continue to take them on board our aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 Captain does not believe that dangerous goods [Hazmat] are being properly secured when transported on company aircraft as required by the FOM.
Narrative: Thirteen minutes before pushback the new dangerous goods sheet printed. I saw I had aircraft batteries on board. I have had trouble with ramp properly loading dangerous goods so I went out to check. The batteries were in plastic containers sitting loose in the cargo bay. I asked about securing them; but was told there was no way to do it and this is how they are always sent. It's not my area of expertise; so I took the aircraft. Once at cruise I found the FOM says dangerous goods are to be secured. Sitting loose in a cargo bay is not secured. I am getting leery of accepting dangerous goods as ramp does not seem to know how to properly load them. A few months ago I had 30 some boxes of highly corrosive liquid loose in the bulk cargo area of a B767. In that instance I had ramp tape them all together so they could not turn upside down. We need a method of securing dangerous goods if we are to continue to take them on board our aircraft.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.