1.1.2. Recommendations
To transport perishable goods and live animals in good conditions, different rules should be applied:
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A ventilated cargo compartment is recommended. It allows a removal of moist air, CO2, and ethylene. Moreover, ventilation limits the accumulation of dust, which may avoid false smoke warnings.
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In addition to the ventilation system, a heating system ensures suitable conditions for their transport. Indeed, external temperatures can be very high or very low depending on the phase of the transport considered, whereas the temperature in the compartment must remain stable.
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Containers must be cleaned thoroughly before and, above all, after the flight. It is recommended to clean the compartments that have transported animals more frequently than given in the Aircraft Maintenance Manual. There are several reasons for this: cleaning compartments avoids the accumulation of dust, hair and feathers in the air extraction system ducts and on the lens of smoke detectors, and it limits corrosion of the aircraft due to animals excreta, sea water, fish slime or blood.
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When transporting live animals and perishable goods, the basic rule is “Last in – First out”. For the cargo to arrive in the best condition, it must be loaded as near as possible to the aircraft departure time and collected as soon as possible at the destination airport.
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The most direct route, or at least the most favorable route, should be used to transport live animals and perishable goods.
1.1.3. Responsibilities
Transportation of live animals and/or perishable goods is under the sole responsibility of the operator who has to ensure a suitable environment for the load transported.
When any live animal is on board, the form —Special Load - Notification to Captain“ gives indications to the pilot about the required action on hold heating and ventilation controls (Refer to the —Operational Loading Documents“ part of this manual).
B. SPECIAL LOADING
1.2. Live animals transportation
1.2.1. Reference documents
a) SAE AIR 1600
A common reference document for live animals transportation is the norm called SAE AIR 1600 edited by the Society of Automotive Engineers (USA). The purpose of this AIR (Aeronautical Information Report) is to provide information on the environmental conditions, such as temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, noise, lighting…, that are required for the transportation of various live animals in the cargo compartments of civil commercial aircraft. It provides Air Conditioning engineers guidelines for the design of cargo air conditioning systems.
b) IATA Live Animals Regulations
Another reference book for the transport of live animals is the “IATA Live Animals Regulations” (LAR). This document states general rules for transportation by air of live animals. It specifies the type of container to be used and the handling procedures to be followed for individual animal species. Special attention is given to animal comfort, safety of handling staff and prevention of damage caused to aircraft.
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