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Customs personnel reported hazardous shipment arrived incorrectly labeled and transported.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1722159 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202001 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
The border veterinarian at ZZZZ today had a shipment of equine semen selected for physical control. The shipment was; among other things; marked with 'non-hazardous' and the awb (airways bill) states 'non-hazardous-not restricted.' under our physical control; the tank was opened; and the content of liquid nitrogen was measured; even if; from the information we have received; it must be assumed that this is a dry shipper. Today; in this shipment; 11 cm of liquid nitrogen has been measured in the tank. As this was supposed to be a dry shipper; no free liquid nitrogen was expected (or allowed).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Customs personnel reported hazardous shipment arrived incorrectly labeled and transported.
Narrative: The border Veterinarian at ZZZZ today had a shipment of equine semen selected for physical control. The shipment was; among other things; marked with 'Non-Hazardous' and the AWB (Airways Bill) states 'Non-Hazardous-not restricted.' Under our physical control; the tank was opened; and the content of liquid nitrogen was measured; even if; from the information we have received; it must be assumed that this is a dry shipper. Today; in this shipment; 11 cm of liquid Nitrogen has been measured in the tank. As this was supposed to be a dry shipper; no free liquid Nitrogen was expected (or allowed).
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.