Packaging and Transportation of Oxygen Equipment
AIR5742A
The scope of this document is related to the particular needs of oxygen equipment with regards to packaging and transportation. The document provides guidance for handling chemical, gaseous and liquid oxygen equipment. It summarizes national and international regulations to be taken into account for transportation on land, sea and air and provides information on classification of hazardous material.
The aim of this document is to summarize information on packaging and transportation of oxygen equipment. Statements and references to regulations cited herein are for information only and should not be considered as interpretation of a law.
Processes to maintain cleanliness of components and subassemblies during processing and assembly or storage of work-in-progress are outside the scope of this document. Guidance on this can be obtained from ARP1176.
Rules for transportation and shipment do not cover oxygen equipment installed in an interior monument, e.g., galley unit or in a fuselage section.
Rationale:
This issue has been established subsequent to review of requirements applicable to Packaging and Transportation of Oxygen Equipment and to provide actual information about regulations contained in various documents of international organizations like ICAO, IATA, EASA, FAA.
AIR5742A has been reaffirmed to comply with the SAE Five-Year Review policy.
Related Topics:
Assembling
Hazardous materials
Freighter aircraft
Commercial aircraft
Containers
Oxygen equipment
Packaging
Production control
Oxygen
Chemicals
Also known as: SAE AIR 5742
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