Dangerous Goods Regulations

Question 1

Training record

Answer 1

must be retained by the employer for a minimum period of 36 months

Question 2

How often should we under go DG Training

Answer 2

within 24 months

Question 3

NAA+definition

Answer 3

National Aviation Authorities

responsible for approving the DG trainings for Operators in their countries of registration

Question 4

CATEGORIES OF STAFF TO PERFORM THIS TRAINING COURSE FOR DANGEROUS GOODS

Answer 4

1.Operator’s and ground handling agent’s staff accepting cargo or mail (other than dangerous goods)’

2.Operator’s and ground handling agent’s staff involved in the handling, storage and loading of cargo or mail (other than dangerous goods) and baggage;

3.Passenger handling staff;
Flight crew members, loadmasters, load planners and flight operations officers/flight dispatchers;

4. Crew members (other than flight crew members).

Question 5

Flight 592 ValuJet -case study

Answer 5

scheduled flight from Miami International Airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport

May 11, 1996, aircraft crashed into the Everglades National Park swamps, as a result of a fire in the cargo compartment caused by improperly stored cargo. All 110 people on board died!

Question 6

NTSB investigation

Answer 6

just before departure, over 100 expired chemical oxygen generators had been placed in the cargo compartment in five boxes marked COMAT (company material) by ValuJet’s maintenance contractor, SabreTech,

Question 7

UPS Airlines Flight 6 -case study

Answer 7

a flight from between Dubai UAE, and Cologne, Germany: on September 3, 2010, the developed an in-flight fire which caused the aircraft to crash, killing both crew members.

Question 8

GCAA investigation

Answer 8

The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority opened an investigation into the crash, assisted by the NTSB.
81,000 lithium batteries and other combustible materials.

In October 2010- no longer allowed to carry massive amounts

Question 9

DG

Answer 9

Dangerous Goods (DG):
Articles or substances which are capable of posing a hazard to health, safety, property or the environment and which are shown in the list of dangerous goods in the ICAO Technical Instructions

Question 10

Dangerous Goods accident

Answer 10

results in fatal or serious injury to a person or major property or environmental damage.

Question 11

Dangerous Goods incident

Answer 11

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Any occurrence relating to the transport of DG which seriously jeopardizes the aircraft, or its occupants is also deemed to constitute a dangerous goods incident.

Question 12

TI

Answer 12

Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (Doc 9284), approved by icao.

Question 13

UN number

Answer 13

The four-digit UN number on the Transport of Dangerous Goods to identify a substance or a particular group of substances.

Question 14

Exception

Answer 14

A provision in Annex 18 which excludes a specific item of dangerous goods from the requirements normally applicable to that item.

Question 15

Exemption

Answer 15

An authorization, other than an approval, granted by an appropriate national authority providing relief from the provisions of the Technical Instructions.

Question 16

UN

Answer 16

United Nations Intergovernmental Organization

Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, addressed to governments and international organizations which provide a uniform regulatory framework ensuring the safe transport of Dangerous Goods.

Question 17

SCoETDG

Answer 17

Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods

Question 18

ECOSOC

Answer 18

United Nations Economic and Social Council

1945 as one of six main organs of the
UN

issuing international policy
recommendations and discussing international economic and social
issues addressed to member states and the United Nations system.

Question 19

Orange book

Answer 19

comprises the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods Model Regulations and represents a guidance document developed by the United Nations to harmonize DG transport regulations

each country/region may have set extra DG transport and labelling requirements.

Question 20

UNece

Answer 20

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the ECOSOC, established in 1947 to promote economic cooperation and integration among its European member states.
UNECE sets out norms, standards and conventions to facilitate international cooperation within and outside the region, while also administering regional agreements for effective implementation of the mechanisms for the transport of DG.

Question 21

Annex 18

Answer 21

The Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air” (based on the Chicago Convention in 1944).

Question 22

IATA

Answer 22

The International Air Transport Association (IATA – an industry trade association of the world’s airlines) Dangerous Goods Regulations, contain all the requirements of the ICAO TI to provide practical guidance to the Operators from its member states.
Some companies or organizations produce their own interpretations of the Technical Instructions, such as IATA, who creates the manual on Dangerous Goods Regulations (IATA-DGR), which contains all the requirements of the ICAO-TI and provides a harmonized system for operators to accept and transport DG safely and efficiently by air.

Question 23

Annex 18 ..2.5

Answer 23

Contracting State is required to notify ICAO of those cases where they have adopted provisions different from those contained in the Technical Instructions.