DC10 first officer reported discovering damaged dangerous goods containers during preflight.

Attributes
ACN	1473749
Time
Date	201708
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

During preflight; I discovered a crushed cardboard container containing flammable gas. I additionally discovered a container that was a liquefied nitrogen- type container; looking a little like an old fashioned milk jug; in a cardboard container that had no top on the metal container: i.e.; the cardboard box surrounding it had no upper surface.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC10 First Officer reported discovering damaged dangerous goods containers during preflight.

Narrative: During preflight; I discovered a crushed cardboard container containing Flammable Gas. I additionally discovered a container that was a liquefied nitrogen- TYPE container; looking a little like an old fashioned milk jug; in a cardboard container that had no top on the metal container: i.e.; the cardboard box surrounding it had no upper surface.

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.