AN MD80 WAS DISPATCHED WITH A GASOLINE CONTAINER IN THE FORWARD COMPARTMENT THAT LEAKED UNDER THE FLOOR AND INTO THE E&E COMPARTMENT CREATING AN EXPLOSIVE SIT.

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AFTER LNDG IN FLL A BOX WAS FOUND LEAKING GASOLINE IN THE FORWARD CARGO HOLD. THE BOX CONTAINED A MOTORIZED SKATEBOARD PLUS A 1 GALLON CAN OF GAS. THE BOX HAD BEEN SHIPPED AS FROZEN FOOD. THE GAS MIGRATED TO THE E&E COMPARTMENT. APPROX 1 GALLON OF GAS LEAKED INTO ACFT. FAA; NTSB; FBI NOTIFIED. HOPEFULLY THE PAX INVOLVED WILL BE JAILED AND FINED. ACFT WAS DEPWRED COMPLETELY. LCL HAZMAT TEAM MEASURED FUMES IN THE ACFT AND LABELED IT AT EXPLOSIVE LEVELS. ACFT WAS TOWED TO REMOTE SITE WHERE IT WAS CLEANED AND INSPECTED. THIS PAX SHOULD BE ARRESTED AND PUT ON TV AS A WARNING TO ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD TRY SOMETHING LIKE THIS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE PAX WAS ARRESTED AND IS GOING THROUGH THE COURT SYS. THE RPTR SAID THE ACFT NEEDED EXTENSIVE WORK IN THE CARGO COMPARTMENTS AS THE GASOLINE HAD DRAINED UNDER THE FLOORS AND SOAKED THE INSULATION BLANKETS AND THESE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE RPTR STATED THE LOWER INTERIOR BELLY AREA HAD TO BE WASHED WITH A SPECIAL SOLUTION WHICH ALSO REMOVED THE CORROSION PROTECTION AND THIS HAD TO BE REAPPLIED. THE RPTR SAID THE ACFT HAD TO BE MAINT FERRIED TO THE OVERHAUL BASE FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF MOST OF THE WORK. THE RPTR SAID NO GASOLINE SMELL WAS NOTED IN THE PAX CABIN OR COCKPIT INFLT AND ONLY ON LNDG WAS A SLIGHT ODOR NOTED.