Packing Instruction 961

Passenger and cargo aircraft for UN 3268 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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                                      | Quantity - | Quantity -
UN number and proper shipping name    | passenger  |  cargo
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UN 3268 Safet devices, electrically   |            | 
        initiated                     |   25 kg    |   100 kg
UN 3559 Fire suppressant dispersing   |            |
        devices                       |            |
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ADDITIONAL PACKING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMBINATION PACKAGINGS

- Packagings must meet the Packing Group III performance requirements.

- The packagings must be designed and constructed to prevent movement of the articles and inadvertent operation during normal conditions of transport.

- Any pressure receptacle must be in accordance with the requirements of the appropriate national authority for the substance(s) contained therein.

Cargo aircraft only

Air bag inflators, air bag modules and seat-belt pretensioners may also be transported unpackaged on cargo aircraft in dedicated handling devices when transported to, from, or between where they are manufactured and an assembly plant including intermediate handling locations. When transported in handling devices, the following conditions must be met:

a) air bag inflators, air bag modules or seat-belt pretensioners as fitted in the handling device must be capable of meeting the test criteria prescribed in Special Provision A115;

b) the handling device must be completely enclosed;

c) each air bag inflator, air bag module or seat-belt pretensioner unit must be secured within the handling device to prevent movement in transport; and

d) irrespective of the limit specified in column 13 of Table 3-1, a handling device meeting these requirements may have a gross mass not exceeding 1 000 kg.

OUTER PACKAGINGS OF COMBINATION PACKAGINGS (see 6;3.1)

Boxes                       Drums                         Jerricans

Aluminium (4B)              Aluminium (1B2)               Aluminium (3B2)
Fibreboard (4G)             Fibreboard (1G)               Plastics (3H2)
Natural wood (4C1, 4C2)     Other metal (1N2)             Steel (3A2)
Other metal (4N)            Plastics (1H2)                 
Plastics (4H1, 4H2)         Plywood (1D)
Plywood (4D)                Steel (1A2)
Reconstituted wood (4F)
Steel (4A)