HAZARDOUS CARGO IS IMPROPERLY LOADED ON B737.
Synopsis
HAZARDOUS CARGO IS IMPROPERLY LOADED ON B737.
Narrative
AFTER JETWAY HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM ACFT; RAMP AGENT PASSED THE DANGEROUS GOODS PLT NOTIFICATION FORM THROUGH FO'S WINDOW. THE BOARDED ITEM WAS CLASSIFIED AS YELLOW II RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND SHOWED BEING BOARDED IN PIT 5. THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS FORM CLRLY STATES SUCH MATERIAL 'ONLY' BE LOADED IN PIT 4 ON THE B737. WHEN I ASKED THE PUSHBACK CREW MEMBER ABOUT THIS AND TOLD HIM THAT IT NEEDED TO BE LOCATED IN PIT 4; HE PUT ON THE RAMP LEAD. THE LEAD THEN BEGAN TO TELL ME; 'WELL; IT IS ONLY 5 INCHES AWAY FROM PIT 4 SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?' AND THEN 'IT IS SECURED TO THE FLOOR IN PIT 5 AND WON'T SPILL BUT IF HE MOVES IT TO 4 THAT IT COULD SPILL. 'WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING PROCS PER THE FORM; THEN I REQUESTED IT MOVED TO PROPER LOCATION. NOT 5 SECONDS LATER HE RESPONDED 'IT'S BEEN MOVED.' BOTH THE FO AND MYSELF NOTED THAT THE AFT CARGO DOOR HAD NOT BEEN REOPENED. I ADVISED HIM THAT I KNEW HE HAD NOT ACCOMPLISHED THE MOVE AND THAT IT NEEDED TO BE DONE. PERIOD. AFTER THAT; WE NOTED THE AFT CARGO DOOR OPEN; THEN CLOSED. DISPATCH WAS NOTIFIED OF SIT AND THAT WE REQUESTED MIA OPS TO ADVISE US WHERE THAT ACTUAL MATERIAL WAS FOUND UPON ARR IN MIA. IT WAS NOTED AS BEING IN PIT 4. I AM VERY DISTURBED BY THE LAX ATTITUDE THIS LEAD HAD IN REGARDS TO DANGEROUS GOODS.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.