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b. The documents required by a above and paragraph 10-6 may be combined into one document if this document is

given to the pilot-in-command before departure of the aircraft.

10-8. Accident/lncident Reporting (49 CFR 175.45)

General reporting requirements for accidents/incidents involving hazardous materials are contained in chapter 7.

Additional requirements for air shipment are detailed below.

a. Each operator who transport radioactive materials shall report accidents or incidents to the nearest FAA Civil

Aviation Security Office. This report shall be telephonic and shall be made at the earliest practicable time after each

incident that occurs during transport by commercial aircraft (including loading, unloading, or temporary storage).

Incidents/ accidents governed by this provision are those in which, as a direct result of the radioactive material:

(1) A person is killed.

(2) A person received injuries requiring hospitalization.

(3) Estimated carrier or other property damage, or both, exceeds $50,000.

(4) Fire, breakage, spillage, or suspected radioactive contamination occurs.

(5) Such a situation exists that, in the judgment of the carrier, it should be reported, although it does not meet

the criteria contained in (1), (2), or (3) above; for example, a continuing danger to life exists at the scene of the incident.

b. Reports required by a above shall contain the following information:

(1) Name of reporting person.

(2) Name and address of carrier represented by reporter.

(3) Phone number where reporter can be contacted.

(4) Date, time, and location of the incident.

(5) Extent of injuries, if any.

(6) Classification, name, and quantity of hazardous material involved, and whether a continuing danger to life

exists at the scene.

c. Each operator who transports hazardous materials shall report in writing, in duplicate, on DOT Form F5800. 1

within 15 days of the date of discovery, each incident that occurs during transport (including loading, unloading, or

temporary storage). For this report, incidents are those governed by a above, or in which there has been an unintentional

release of hazardous material from any package. Each operator making this report shall send it to the Office of

Hazardous Materials Transportation, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590, commercial (202) 366-0656,

with a separate copy to the FAA facility indicated in a above.

(1) As required in chapter 7 and in addition to the reports required above, the carrier must notify the shipper at

the earliest practicable moment following any incident in which there has been a breakage, spillage, or suspected

radioactive contamination involving radioactive materials shipment.

(2) Aircraft in which radioactive materials have been spilled may not be returned to service or routinely occupied

until the radiation dose rate at any accessible surface is less than 0. 5 millirem per hour and there is no significant

radioactive surface contamination (para 3-9).

(3) In accident/incident situations, the package or materials should be segregated, as far as practicable, from

personnel contact. Radiological assistance (if required) should be obtained from the US Department of Energy, as

indicated in chapter 7. In case of obvious leakage, or if it appears likely that the inside container may have been

damaged, care should be taken to avoid inhalation of, ingestion of, or contact with the radioactive materials. Any loose

radioactive materials should be left in a segregated area pending disposal instructions from qualified persons.

10-9. Cargo Location (49 CFR 175. 85 and 175.700)

a. Except as provided in paragraph 10-14, radioactive materials may not be carried aboard passenger carrying

aircraft after 2 May 1989. Radioactive materials will not be transported in the cabin of a passenger-carrying aircraft.

b. Radioactive materials acceptable only for cargo only aircraft must be carried in a location accessible to a crew

member during flight. However, when carried on a small, single-pilot, cargo-only aircraft being used when other transport

means are impracticable or unavailable, they may be carried, subject to quantity limits indicated in paragraph 10-3, in a

location that is not accessible to the pilot, provided that:

(1) No person other than the pilot, an FAA inspector, the shipper or consignee (or a representative of the shipper

or consignee, designated as such in writing), or a person necessary for handling the material may be carried aboard the

aircraft.

(2) The pilot must be given written instructions on the characteristics and proper handling of the material.

(3) When a change of pilots occurs while the material is onboard, the new pilot must be briefed under a hand-to-

hand signature service provided by the aircraft operator.

c. Radioactive materials carried in an aircraft must be suitably safeguarded to prevent their becom-

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