<< >> NASA ASRS Report 539596, February 2002

B777-200 crew found the company is boarding a flammable liquid hand cleaner for use when normal water supply is restr.

Attributes
ACN	539596
Time
Date	200202
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zzz.artcc
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 33000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	539596
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : 4
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Flight attendant brought up a bottle of waterless soap cleaner that was labeled flammable and also with a hazmat label. In this day and age, why are we putting things like this on our airplanes? (The soap is supposedly a replacement product for when the normal water supply is restr.)

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777-200 CREW FOUND THE COMPANY IS BOARDING A FLAMMABLE LIQUID HAND CLEANER FOR USE WHEN NORMAL WATER SUPPLY IS RESTR.

Narrative: FLT ATTENDANT BROUGHT UP A BOTTLE OF WATERLESS SOAP CLEANER THAT WAS LABELED FLAMMABLE AND ALSO WITH A HAZMAT LABEL. IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WHY ARE WE PUTTING THINGS LIKE THIS ON OUR AIRPLANES? (THE SOAP IS SUPPOSEDLY A REPLACEMENT PRODUCT FOR WHEN THE NORMAL WATER SUPPLY IS RESTR.)

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.