Packing Instruction 679 (for UN 1700)

Cargo aircraft only for UN 1700 only

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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                       COMBINATION PACKAGINGS 
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UN number and      |                                        |Maximum net
proper shipping    |                                        | quantity
name               |          Packing conditions            |per package
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UN 1700 Tear gas   |Elements must not be assembled in       |
        candles    |grenades or devices, but must be packed |
                   |in a separate wooden (4C1, 4C2) box and |
                   |so cushioned that they cannot come into |
                   |contact with each other or with the     |  50 kg
                   |walls of the packaging during transport.|
                   |                                        |
                   |Not more than 24 grenades and 24        |
                   |functioning devices per package are     |
                   |permitted.                              |
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ADDITIONAL PACKING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMBINATION PACKAGINGS

- Packagings must meet the Packing Group II performance requirements.

- The articles must be individually packaged and separated from each other using partitions, dividers, inner packagings or cushioning material to prevent inadvertent discharge during normal conditions of transport.

OUTER PACKAGINGS OF COMBINATION PACKAGINGS (see 6;3.1)

Boxes                       Drums    

Aluminium (4B)              Aluminium (1B1, 1B2)
Fibreboard (4G)             Fibre (1G)
Natural wood (4C1, 4C2)     Other metal (1N1, 1N2)
Other metal (4N)            Plastics (1H1, 1H2)
Plastics (4H2)              Plywood (1D)
Plywood (4D)                Steel (1A1, 1A2)
Reconstituted wood (4F)
Steel (4A)