B727-200 CREW HAD DANGEROUS GOODS WITH NO PROPER DANGEROUS GOODS PAPERWORK DEPARTING MSP.
Synopsis
B727-200 CREW HAD DANGEROUS GOODS WITH NO PROPER DANGEROUS GOODS PAPERWORK DEPARTING MSP.
Narrative
OUR CREW OPERATED ACFT FROM ORD TO MSP TO ABQ. UPON DEP FROM ORD; WE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY HAZMAT OR DANGEROUS GOODS ON BOARD THIS ACFT. FLT FROM ORD TO MSP WAS NORMAL. APPROX 20 MINS PRIOR TO DEP ON FLT FROM MSP TO ABQ; A GND SVC EMPLOYEE ENTERED THE COCKPIT INFORMING US THAT THERE WERE 2 SEPARATE ACFT ON FLT FROM MSP TO ORD; AND THAT THEY WERE TO BE OFFLOADED AT ORD. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT THE 2 SEPARATE SHIPMENTS OF DANGEROUS GOODS WERE NOT IN THE SAME CARGO COMPARTMENTS THAT HE HAD LOADED THEM IN FOR FLT FROM MSP TO ORD. I STATED TO THE GND SVC AGENT THAT THIS CREW HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE MATERIALS ON THE ACFT. I ALSO STATED THAT WE WERE NOT PROVIDED HAZMAT FORMS OR BRIEFED ON THE PRESENCE OF HAZMAT ON THE ACFT FOR FLT FROM ORD TO MSP. THE ORD CREW MADE NO STATEMENTS AND PROVIDED NO HAZMAT DATA INDICATING THE PRESENCE OF THESE SHIPMENTS OR MATERIALS. THE GND SVC AGENT IN SMP WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN GATHERING INFO AND ASSISTING IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE IRREGULAR PROCESSING OF THIS SHIPMENT AT ORD. I REQUESTED THE GND SVC AGENT OBTAIN THE HAZMAT FORMS RELATED TO THE SHIPMENT OF THIS MATERIAL FROM MSP TO ORD. HE LOCATED BOTH OF THESE HAZMAT FORMS. THE PERTINENT FORMS ARE: FLAMMABLE MATERIAL AND CORROSIVE MATERIAL. UPON MY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS EVENT; I CONTACTED MSP DISPATCH. I REQUESTED A CONVERSATION WITH THE SYS OPS CTL DIRECTOR AND WAS XFERRED. I EXPLAINED THE CHAIN OF EVENTS AND REQUESTED THAT HE INQUIRE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE HAZMAT SHIPMENT IRREGULARITIES AT ORD. I ALSO REQUESTED A PATCH TO A DTW CHIEF PLT TO INFORM HIM OF THE IRREGULARITY AND SOLICIT ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVE. THE HAZMAT WAS REMOVED FROM OUR ACFT PRIOR TO OUR OP FROM MSP TO ABQ.
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