Illegal and improper carriage of chemical oxygen generators on ANZ long haul flight
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When I was an FE on B707s I regularly spotted cargo that should not be loaded.My tally included live ammo and nuclear items stacked on top of each other in the rear hold (government charter), full LP gas bottles ( for a balloon) which were labeled empty but weren't and lead acid batteries loaded unpacked and loose.
Now I know all that was a long time ago but I often wondered what was in those cans as they were loaded in front of me when I went to the B747. The items that I continued to reject from the bulk hold of the B747 didn't inspire me with confidence on that matter.As a result if I had time I always inspected the bulk hold on my preflight.
Now in the era of 2 person crews and rapid turnarounds I suppose this risk is seen as just another item to be ignored along with all the other lessons learnt the hard way since Oscar and Wilbur got going.
Now I know all that was a long time ago but I often wondered what was in those cans as they were loaded in front of me when I went to the B747. The items that I continued to reject from the bulk hold of the B747 didn't inspire me with confidence on that matter.As a result if I had time I always inspected the bulk hold on my preflight.
Now in the era of 2 person crews and rapid turnarounds I suppose this risk is seen as just another item to be ignored along with all the other lessons learnt the hard way since Oscar and Wilbur got going.
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One of the reasons a good friend of mine and I quit Korean Airlines was due to the fact that it was one of the few air freight airlines which accept dodgy cargo consignments rejected by other more prudent carriers. Looks like ANZ had done worse by carrying such DG in a passenger plane. At least Korean had a policy of carrying them in dedicated cargo planes only.
