Hazards Associated

with Aircraft Cargo

Laws and regulations
Product identification
PPE needed
Safe mitigation
Agricultural aircraft
Hazards Associated with Aircraft Cargo

 Hazardous materials
 Dangerous goods
Laws and regulations
 CFR Title 49, Part 175
Carriage by aircraft
 IATA
Classification of Dangerous Goods

 Hazardous material – “a substance that

poses an unreasonable risk to the
health and safety of operating or
emergency personnel, the public,
and/or the environment if it is not
properly controlled during handling,
storage, manufacture, processing,
packaging, use, disposal, or
transportation.”
 Batteries get scrutiny in UPS plane fire
Shipments of potentially hazardous lithium batteries will be scrutinized at a hearing in Washington next month as part of the federal investigation into a fire aboard a UPS jet Feb. 8.
The DC-8 caught fire in flight; the three-member crew landed it at Philadelphia International Airport and escaped with minor injuries. The fire severely damaged the aircraft and
destroyed much of its cargo.

The National Transportation Safety Board said its investigation has determined that lithium batteries and at least one flammable solvent were on the flight, but has not said publicly
what role, if any, those materials played in the fire.
The board's July 12-13 hearing will consider the safety issues surrounding the transportation of hazardous materials aboard cargo aircraft.
"The public hearing will focus on an accident that occurred on a cargo plane that caught fire while carrying potentially dangerous goods," said Deborah Hersman, an NTSB member
who will preside over the hearings. "We will … determine what needs to be done to protect the crew, the aircraft and the cargo on these types of flights."
Representatives from the NTSB, Federal Aviation Administration, UPS, Boeing and the Independent Pilots Association will gather information from industry and government
representatives on topics including airport rescue and firefighting response to the UPS flight.
"We're working along with the NTSB and cooperating fully with the investigation … hopefully identifying the cause of the incident," UPS spokesman Mark Giuffre said.
The design, testing and recalls of lithium batteries; regulations concerning shipping lithium; and aircraft fire detection and suppression systems also will be discussed.
The NTSB will use information from the hearing to prepare a final report on the incident, including safety recommendations.
According to NTSB records, a company's improper packaging of lithium batteries was the "probable cause" of an Aug. 7, 2004, fire in a freight bin at FedEx's air hub in Memphis,
Tenn. The bin had been raised on loading equipment and pushed halfway onto an airplane when loading personnel smelled smoke.
When Memphis firefighters opened the bin, a fire broke out. Only the battery package in the bin had fire damage.
The board cited "failure of unapproved packaging" that was inadequate to protect the batteries from short circuits during transport.
Lithium batteries are commonly used in electronics equipment.
Fires involving the combustible alkali metal are resistant to extinguishers using water, gas or certain dry chemicals.
Transporting lithium metal aboard passenger aircraft is prohibited, but it may be shipped on cargo aircraft if each package weighs less than 15 kilograms, the NTSB said.
Since January 1989, six other air-transportation incidents involving lithium batteries have been reported, the agency said.
In one case, the batteries were damaged, but there was no evidence of fire or charring.
In the other five incidents, there was some evidence that the batteries had caused fire or charring of the packaging.
Classification of dangerous goods
Shipment of Dangerous Goods
Shipment of Dangerous Goods
Connection for extinguishing agent hose
Extinguishers and hose
inside the aircraft that
connect to the container
Undeclared Dangerous Goods

Cargo that is:

not packaged properly,
 does not have shipping documentation,

 or has not been handled with the safety

precautions required of hazardous
shipments.
Undeclared
Dangerous
Goods !
Product Identification
High Impact Crash
Product Identification
Means of Identification
 Package markings
 Labels
 UN/NA number
 Container type
 MSDS
Means of Identification
 Name of shipper
 Name of receiver
 Name of air carrier
 Analyzing the material
 Shipping papers
Verification
 Three separate sources
Information Gathering
 No less than three sources also
Information Gathering
 Chemical hazard response information
system
 Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary
 Dangerous goods initial emergency
response guide
 Sax’s dangerous properties of industrial
materials
 Emergency response guidebook
Information Gathering
 Emergency handling of hazardous
materials in surface transportation
 The firefighters handbook of hazardous
materials
 Fire protection guide on hazardous
materials
 Manual for spills of hazardous materials
 Pocket guide to chemical hazards
Information Gathering
 Chemtrec in U.S. (800) 424-9300
 Canutec in Canada (613) 996-6666
Personal Protective Equipment
 Structural firefighting clothing
 Proximity clothing
 Chemical protective clothing
 Vapor protective clothing
 Liquid protective clothing
EPA System
 Level A vapor
 Level B liquid
 Level C liquid/airborne
 Level D no specific protection
Agricultural Application
What Chemical Is in This Plane?
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