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An A320 crew, after arriving at lax, were advised that an undetermined number of passenger bags were soiled from an unknown liquid spill while in the cargo hold.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 547823 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200205 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 13000 |
| ASRS Report | 547823 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 55 |
| ASRS Report | 547824 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : pax #2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
On arrival at lax, found bags in bin soiled from unknown liquid spill. Turns out 1 passenger was transporting about 2 gallons of what he described as samples of cement additive used to increase cement curing time. (No msds.) owners of the soiled bags were agitated and met by customer service representative and supervisor. Our concern is how the liquid containers were allowed to get aboard the aircraft at the departure station. They could have easily contained hazmat. Supplemental information from acn 547824: owner of substance was allowed access to aircraft with these poorly sealed containers by msy security.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A320 CREW, AFTER ARRIVING AT LAX, WERE ADVISED THAT AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF PAX BAGS WERE SOILED FROM AN UNKNOWN LIQUID SPILL WHILE IN THE CARGO HOLD.
Narrative: ON ARR AT LAX, FOUND BAGS IN BIN SOILED FROM UNKNOWN LIQUID SPILL. TURNS OUT 1 PAX WAS TRANSPORTING ABOUT 2 GALLONS OF WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS SAMPLES OF CEMENT ADDITIVE USED TO INCREASE CEMENT CURING TIME. (NO MSDS.) OWNERS OF THE SOILED BAGS WERE AGITATED AND MET BY CUSTOMER SVC REPRESENTATIVE AND SUPVR. OUR CONCERN IS HOW THE LIQUID CONTAINERS WERE ALLOWED TO GET ABOARD THE ACFT AT THE DEP STATION. THEY COULD HAVE EASILY CONTAINED HAZMAT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 547824: OWNER OF SUBSTANCE WAS ALLOWED ACCESS TO ACFT WITH THESE POORLY SEALED CONTAINERS BY MSY SECURITY.
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.