Federal Aviation Administration

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Federal Aviation Administration
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Actual Incidents 1989-1999
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Incidents Per Billion RTM(CY)
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Comparison of Cargo-Only to Passenger Carrier
Reported Incidents 1
1. DOT Form 5800 incidents filed by Form 41 Air
Carriers (14 CFR Part 241 Section 19-5 (14) and
(15))
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Graph of Incident Ratios Separated for Cargo-Only
and Passenger Carriers (Incidents per billion
RTMs 1) For years 1988 through 1999
1. Revenue Ton Miles for Freight, Express, and
Mail as reported by Form 41 Carriers (14 CFR Part
241 Section 19-5 (14) and (15))
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Civil Aviation Security Dangerous Goods/Cargo
Security Program
Historical DG Incidents Per Billion RTM
Projected Growth in Air Cargo Based on RTM
- RTM from BTS - Incident Data from RSPA
- 6.4 2000-09 as estimated by Boeing Air Cargo
Forecast
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Dangerous Goods Enforcement History 1995-2000
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Why Threat Based?

• Trend analysis indicates similar commodities
  causing problems in air mode
• Fires
• Explosions
• Heat - meltdowns

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What are the commodities?Critical Dangerous
Goods

• Oxygen Generators
• Fuel Control Units
• Flammable Gas Torches
• Fireworks/Novelties
• Uninterruptible Power Sources
• Two additional regionally identified commodities

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Oxygen Generators

• Who we visit
• RSPA list of approval holders
• FAA list of repair stations
• What we provide
• Federal register notices
• Dangerous Goods Advisory Bulletins
• Airworthiness Alerts
• Results - TBD(so far gt60 cases since 5/96)

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Fuel Control Units

• Who we visit
• Repair Stations
• Air carriers/DOD
• What we provide
• Brochures
• DG Advisory Bulletin
• Results US DOD

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Flammable Gas Torches

• Who we visit
• RSPAs T list
• Internet searches (Ski Clubs, etc)
• What we provide
• RSPA FR notice
• FAA DG Advisory Bulletin
• Brochures
• Results Eastern Region

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Fireworks/Novelties

• Who
• RSPAs EX list
• State Agencies
• Retail Distributors
• What
• FAA DG Advisory Bulletin
• FAA Multi-language
• brochure
• Results TBD

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Uninterruptible PowerSources

• Who
• Internet searches
• What
• FAA DG Advisory Bulletin
• RSPA FR notice
• Results - TBD

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Compressed Oxygen

• Two FAA Regions have selected it as one of their
  two additional critical DGs
• Division 2.2/5.1
• Volpe Threat Assessment IDed it as one of the
  most threatening commodities
• Eight fires on record
• We are trying to ID shipping patterns

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New Outreach Approach

• However, it does not replace our inspections or
  incident response.
• Approx 6,000 inspections per year
• Approx 1,600 air mode DG incidents
• Incidents increasing faster then the increase in
  annual air mode revenue ton miles
• Over 20M collected by FAA since 1/98
• 130 dedicated FAA DG/CS Agents

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ONE-DOT HMPEAreas for Additional Study

• Clarify Regulations
• Performance Oriented Packaging
• US Mail
• Reauthorization of the Hazmat Act
• Hidden Shipments

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FAA Web-site Information

• Http//cas.faa.gov/dgp.html
• Information for Passengers
• Information for Air Carriers
• Brochures
• Special Airworthiness Alerts
• Safety Alert
• Dangerous Goods Advisory Bulletins
• Other Links