[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR175.75]



[Page 706]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 175_CARRIAGE BY AIRCRAFT--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart B_Loading, Unloading and Handling

 

Sec. 175.75  Quantity limitations aboard aircraft.





    (a) Except as provided in Sec. 175.85(c)(3), no person may carry on 

an aircraft:

    (1) A hazardous material except as permitted by this subchapter;

    (2) More than 25 kg (55 pounds) net weight of hazardous material 

(and in addition thereto, 75 kg (165 pounds) net weight of Division 2.2 

(non-flammable compressed gas) materials permitted to be carried aboard 

passenger-carrying aircraft:

    (i) In an inaccessible cargo compartment,

    (ii) In any freight container within an accessible cargo 

compartment, or

    (iii) In any accessible cargo compartment in a cargo aircraft only 

in a manner that makes it inaccessible unless in a freight container;

    (3) Packages containing Class 7 (radioactive) materials when their 

combined transport index number (determined by adding together the 

transport index numbers shown on the labels of the individual packages 

and/or overpacks):

    (i) In passenger carrying aircraft, exceeds 50.0 or, for any single 

package, exceeds 3.0, or

    (ii) In cargo aircraft only, exceeds 200.00 (for fissile Class 7 

(radioactive) materials, see Sec. 175.702(b)(2)(iv)) or, for any single 

package, exceeds 10.0.

    (b) No limitation applies to the number of packages of Class 9 

(miscellaneous hazardous) materials, or ORM-D materials aboard an 

aircraft.



[Amdt. 175-1A, 41 FR 40686, Sept. 20, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 175-13, 

45 FR 20101, Mar. 27, 1980; Amdt. 175-25, 47 FR 54823, Dec. 6, 1982; 

Amdt. 175-29, 48 FR 50461, Nov. 1, 1983; Amdt. 175-47, 55 FR 52685, Dec. 

21, 1990; 66 FR 45184, Aug. 28, 2001]