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Old 1st May 2001, 21:34
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Icarus
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I guess your 'hold' is just a netted area in the cabin rather than an enclosed area with a bulkhead. If so DGR should not be carried. A bit like the DHL 757 (or at least some to my knowledge) whereas they do not have a 'Class-1' Bulkhead only a crash net; which normally prevents the carriage of DGR on the maindeck.
Also 200kg is not the maximum, this is the maximum net quantity PER PACKAGE!
An operator will/may impose it's own limits for an aircraft type, IATA cannot and do not.
The 500kg max. for an accessible hold may just be 2kg/Passenger based on an average seating capacity of 250!
As for CO2 solid (ICE) being shipped alone, I cannot think of any reason why, it is primarily used to refrigerate something else, such as Blood/Organs, maybe even some foodstuffs and other chemicals and/or samples. If you see ICE on your NOTOC that is the least of your worries, look more closely at what is is keeping cold!

[This message has been edited by Icarus (edited 01 May 2001).]