Verpackungsanweisung 955 (für UN 3072)

Passenger and cargo aircraft for UN 3072 only

The term "life-saving appliances" applies to articles such as life rafts, life vests, aircraft survival kits or aircraft evacuation slides.

The description "Life-saving appliances, self-inflating" (UN 2990) is intended to apply to life-saving appliances that present a hazard if the self-inflating device is activated accidentally.

General requirements

Part 4, Chapter 1 requirements must be met, including:

1) Compatibility requirements

- Substances must be compatible with their packagings as required by 4;1.1.3.

2) Closure requirements

- Closures must meet the requirements of 4;1.1.4.

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                                                             |Quantity -|Quantity -
UN number and proper shipping name                           |passenger |  cargo
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UN 3072 Life-saving appliances, not self-inflating containing| No limit | No limit
        dangerous goods as equipment                         |          |
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ADDITIONAL PACKING REQUIREMENTS

Life-saving appliances may only contain the dangerous goods listed below:

a) Division 2.2 gases, must be contained in cylinders which conform to the requirements of the appropriate national authority of the country in which they are approved and filled. Such cylinders may be connected to the life-saving appliance. These cylinders may include installed actuating cartridges (cartridges, power device of Division 1.4C and 1.4S) provided the aggregate quantity of deflagrating (propellant) explosives does not exceed 3.2 grams per unit. When the cylinders are shipped separately, they must be classified as appropriate for the Division 2.2 gas contained and need not be marked, labelled or described as explosive articles;

b) signal devices (Class 1), which may include smoke and illumination signal flares; signal devices must be packed in plastic or fibreboard inner packagings;

c) small quantities of flammable substances, corrosive solids and organic peroxides (Class 3, Class 8, Division 4.1 and 5.2), which may include a repair kit and not more than 30 strike-anywhere matches. The organic peroxide may only be a component of a repair kit and the kit must be packed in strong inner packaging. The strike-anywhere matches must be packed in a cylindrical metal or composition packaging with a screw-type closure and be cushioned to prevent movement;

d) electric storage batteries (Class 8) which must be disconnected or electrically isolated and protected against short circuits;

e) lithium batteries and sodium ion batteries:

 1) identified as damaged or defective in accordance with Special Provision A154 are forbidden for transport;

 2) must meet the applicable requirements of 2;9.3 or 2;9.4, as applicable;

 3) must be disconnected or electrically isolated and protected against short circuits; and

 4) must be secured against movement within the appliance.

f) first aid kits which may include flammable, corrosive and toxic articles or substances.

The appliances must be packed, so that they cannot be accidentally activated, in strong outer packagings and, except for life vests, the dangerous goods must be in inner packagings packed so as to prevent movement. The dangerous goods must be an integral part of the appliance without which it would not be operational and inquantities which do not exceed those appropriate for the actual appliance when in use.

Life-saving appliances may also include articles and substances not subject to these Instructions which are an integral part of the appliance.