What are Dangerous Good?
Dangerous goods are substances or articles that pose a risk
to people, property or the
environment, due
to chemical or physical properties.
- In order to carry dangerous goods safely, certain principles
- must be adopted that prevent the aircraft and its occupants
- from being put at risk.
- it must comply with The UnitedNations (UN) nine hazard classes for dangerous goods.
not usually shipped
by air , They cover substances that have
an explosion hazard, explosions that may project fragments and firebrands, and fire hazards.
2. Gasesinclude flammable gases, toxic gases and gases that are
neither flammable or toxic such as helium and oxygen.
3. Flammable Liquids
comprises liquids or mixtures of liquids that will give off
flammable vapours at specific temperatures and have a flash
point of not more than 60.5 degrees Celsius / 140.9 degrees
Fahrenheit.
4. Flammable Solids
include highly
flammable solids, solids that are likely to
spontaneously and substances that, if they come into contact with water, emit
flammable gases.
In order to carry dangerous goods safely, certain principles
must be adopted that prevent the aircraft and its occupants from being put at risk.
it must comply with The UnitedNations (UN) nine hazard
classes for dangerous goods.