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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 772586" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Our aircraft carry "hard haz" (must be accessible to the crew) in a specially designed hazardous container with an attached fire suppression system. If someone had to enter the container from the cockpit, they could, because it's loaded in Position 1 (furthest forward) on the plane. "Non-accessible" hazardous materials (like lithium-ion batteries) can be loaded anywhere on the plane, so the battery threat exists on FedEx aircraft as well. If the batteries shorted-out on one of our planes, bad things could happen. In fact, we've had several planes burn completely that had in-flight fires due to undeclared hazmat. Luckily, all of them were able to land before the crew got hurt.</p><p> </p><p>I catch people trying to ship forbidden or hazardous items several times a year. Sometimes they just don't know any better, but often it's intentional because they don't want to pay the hefty hazmat surcharge or be bothered with special packaging and paperwork. When I used to drive CTV's (feeders) I'd often get stopped at the port of entry scale because their scanners would detect radioactive material that nobody had bothered to document (at FedEx). It was always "comforting" to know that our Dangerous Goods people were so sharp (like a bowling ball).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 772586, member: 12508"] Our aircraft carry "hard haz" (must be accessible to the crew) in a specially designed hazardous container with an attached fire suppression system. If someone had to enter the container from the cockpit, they could, because it's loaded in Position 1 (furthest forward) on the plane. "Non-accessible" hazardous materials (like lithium-ion batteries) can be loaded anywhere on the plane, so the battery threat exists on FedEx aircraft as well. If the batteries shorted-out on one of our planes, bad things could happen. In fact, we've had several planes burn completely that had in-flight fires due to undeclared hazmat. Luckily, all of them were able to land before the crew got hurt. I catch people trying to ship forbidden or hazardous items several times a year. Sometimes they just don't know any better, but often it's intentional because they don't want to pay the hefty hazmat surcharge or be bothered with special packaging and paperwork. When I used to drive CTV's (feeders) I'd often get stopped at the port of entry scale because their scanners would detect radioactive material that nobody had bothered to document (at FedEx). It was always "comforting" to know that our Dangerous Goods people were so sharp (like a bowling ball). [/QUOTE]
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