Instructions For Use of the


Transportation of Dangerous Goods



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11Transportation of Dangerous Goods


Operators who transport dangerous good must ensure that this chapter of their operations manual meets their State requirements. Those who do not transport dangerous goods should include their procedures for ensuring that dangerous goods are not inadvertently carried on the aircraft (see section 11.9) and their aircraft crew member training program on those procedures. In that case, the remainder of this chapter should be deleted.



11.1 Program Coordinator

The Flight Department Manager will be responsible for maintaining the company program and acting as a liaison between the company and (State) Dangerous Goods officials. If this function is delegated to another Flight Department employee, the delegation shall be in writing.




11.2 Rules and Regulations

The following regulations will be complied with in respect to the handling and transporting of dangerous goods:



  1. (State) Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Regulations; and

  2. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Technical Instructions.


Note: While the ICAO Technical Instructions document is the legal publication, the current IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations will be used by company personnel to comply with the ICAO Technical Instructions.


11.3 Training Program




11.3.1 Initial Training

All personnel (company employed or not) assigned duties or responsibilities relating to the handling and/or transporting of cargo and/or passengers shall be trained and satisfactorily demonstrate their competency by undergoing an open book examination based on the appropriate parts of the following:



  1. General Philosophy of Dangerous Goods;

  2. (State) Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations;

  3. The current edition of the ICAO Technical Instructions;

  4. Limitations;

  5. General requirements for shippers;

  6. Classes and lists of dangerous goods;

  7. Packing requirements;

  8. Labeling and marking;

  9. Dangerous goods documentation, including shipper’s declaration, pilot notification and acceptance checklist forms;

  10. Company acceptance, rejection, handling and storage procedures;

  11. Recognition of undeclared dangerous goods;

  12. Storage and handling procedures including loading and unloading procedures and segregation requirements;

  13. Provisions for passengers and crew; and

  14. Company emergency procedures.


11.3.2 Trained Personnel

Trained personnel shall include flight crew and passenger handling personnel.



11.3.3 Certificate of Training

A certificate of training shall be issued to each trained person and a copy of that certificate shall be retained on the employee's training file for a period of two years from the date of expiration of the certificate.


Note: When functions are performed by other than the operator’s own employees, the operator shall ensure that individuals performing the functions are properly trained to carry them out.


11.4 Recurrent Training

Recurrent training shall be conducted once each year (12 month period). The date the person completes recurrent training will be recorded on their certificate.



11.5 Acceptance of Dangerous Goods for Transportation




11.5.1 Acceptance Procedures

The following procedures will be used when accepting dangerous goods for transportation in company aircraft:



  1. The company Dangerous Goods Acceptance Checklist (Appendix 11-B) will be used to ensure proper procedures are followed in accepting dangerous goods. Shipments which do not conform will be rejected and a record kept. Damaged shipments will not be accepted. A copy of the acceptance checklist used for each shipment shall be retained with the copy of the Shipper’s Declaration for Dangerous Goods (Appendix 11-C).

  2. The Pilot-in-Command shall accept all dangerous goods, and shall only do so immediately before, or within a reasonable (minimal) time of, aircraft scheduled departure.

  3. No shipment of dangerous goods will be accepted for transportation unless it is properly packaged, marked, labeled and documented in accordance with the Regulations.

  4. A copy of the shipper’s declaration, the company air waybill/charter ticket and the Notification to Pilot-in-Command form, if used, (Appendix 11-D) will be retained on file at the base originating a shipment of dangerous goods and one copy will accompany the shipment to the final destination. Where the shipment will be interlined or transferred to another carrier, a suitable number of shipper’s declarations shall accompany the shipment.

The transportation of Prohibited Dangerous Goods shall be as authorized by permit or by the Competent State Authority. Any permits issued to the company are included in Appendix 11-A.



11.5.2 Pilot Procedures





  1. Whenever dangerous goods are carried in an aircraft, the PIC of the aircraft shall supervise the loading and unloading of such goods.

  2. The Notification to Pilot-in-Command will not be used as an Air Waybill. The Notification to Pilot-in-Command is not required if the pilot loads or supervises the loading of the aircraft.


11.6 Storage and Handling of Dangerous Goods




11.6.1 Storage



Under no circumstances will the company store explosives at, or in, any company aviation facility.

11.6.2 Handling

The company will ensure that a copy of its Operations Manual and a current copy of either the ICAO Technical Instructions or the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations are available in the cargo acceptance area.


Note: A copy of the (State) Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations or appropriate excerpts of those Regulations must also be available in the acceptance area.
Dangerous goods will be handled in a safe, responsible manner, respecting all Regulations, and Instructions pertaining to handling such goods.
Should abnormalities, such as damaged or leaking packages, be encountered when handling dangerous goods, the following will apply:


  • Only qualified personnel will deal with dangerous goods packages which are found to be leaking or damaged.




  • In case of leakage, the area should be isolated until qualified personnel are available to supervise handling and clean-up procedures.



11.6.3 Damage to Packages Containing Dangerous Goods (on aircraft)

When packages containing dangerous goods aboard an aircraft are found to be damaged or leaking, they must be removed from the aircraft. When damaged packages containing poisons are unloaded from the cargo compartment of an aircraft, it must be decontaminated before any food stuffs or animals are loaded.





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