<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1541200, May 2018

B787 pilot and dispatcher reported that an hour into the flight station operations identified that hazardous materials had been loaded but not listed on the manifest.

Attributes
ACN	1541200
Time
Date	201805
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B787-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Person 2
Function	Dispatcher
Qualification	Dispatch Dispatcher
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Received our closeout on this flight. There were no restricted articles on board according to the closeout. An hour into the flight; received a message from dispatch that the station had called them; and we did have hazmat onboard. We were notified that we had 946 lbs of lithium batteries in the aft bin even though we had not been given a notoc (notification to captain) and had no restricted articles on our closeout. Was suggested that we file a report. Someone must have made an error in loading the aircraft. Find out how this happened; and prevent it from happening in the future.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B787 pilot and Dispatcher reported that an hour into the flight station operations identified that hazardous materials had been loaded but not listed on the manifest.

Narrative: Received our closeout on this flight. There were no Restricted Articles on board according to the closeout. An hour into the flight; received a message from Dispatch that the station had called them; and we did have hazmat onboard. We were notified that we had 946 lbs of Lithium batteries in the aft bin even though we had not been given a NOTOC (Notification to Captain) and had no Restricted Articles on our closeout. Was suggested that we file a report. Someone must have made an error in loading the aircraft. Find out how this happened; and prevent it from happening in the future.

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.