<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1438059, April 2017

B777 first officer reported returning to the departure airport after being notified they had unauthorized corrosive material onboard.

Attributes
ACN	1438059
Time
Date	201704
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Instructed by company to return to departure airport due to unauthorized corrosive material boarded in the bulk cargo compartment. Jettisoned approximately 40;000 lbs of fuel for landing at departure airport per checklist. Landed; had cargo removed; refueled; and departed for destination.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777 First Officer reported returning to the departure airport after being notified they had unauthorized corrosive material onboard.

Narrative: Instructed by company to return to departure airport due to unauthorized corrosive material boarded in the bulk cargo compartment. Jettisoned approximately 40;000 lbs of fuel for landing at departure airport per checklist. Landed; had cargo removed; refueled; and departed for destination.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.