Packing Instruction Y840
Limited quantities
Passenger and cargo aircraft
General requirements
Part 4, Chapter 1 requirements must be met (except that 4;1.1.2, 1.1.9 c), 1.1.9 e), 1.1.16, 1.1.18 and 1.1.20 do not apply), including:
1) Compatibility requirements
- Substances must be compatible with their packagings as required by 4;1.1.3.
- Metal packagings must be corrosion resistant or be protected against corrosion.
- Substances of Class 8 are permitted in glass or earthenware inner packagings only if the substance is free from hydrofluoric acid.
2) Closure requirements
- Closures must meet the requirements of 4;1.1.4.
3) Limited quantity requirements
- Part 3, Chapter 4 requirements must be met, including:
- the capability of the package to pass a 1.2 m drop test;
- a 24-hour stacking test; and
- inner packagings for liquids must be capable of passing a pressure differential test (4;1.1.6).
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COMBINATION PACKAGINGS |
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| | |Inner |Total |Total |
Packing |Packing |Inner packaging |packaging |quantity |gross | SINGLE
instruction| group | (see 6;3.2) |quantity |per |mass |PACKAGINGS
| | |(per |package |per |
| | | receptacle) | |package |
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| | Glass | 0.1 L | | |
| |------------------------------| | |
Y840 | II | Plastics | 0.1 L | 0.5 L | 30 kg | No
| |------------------------------| | |
| | Metal | 0.1 L | | |
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OUTER PACKAGINGS OF COMBINATION PACKAGINGS (see 6;3.1)
Boxes Drums Jerricans
Aluminium Aluminium Aluminium
Fibreboard Fibre Plastics
Natural wood Other metal Steel
Other metal Plastics
Plastics Steel
Plywood
Reconstituted wood
Steel
