Threat Assessment of Hazardous Materials Transportation in Aircraft Cargo211 Compartments

摘要

The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) John A. Volpe National211u001eTransportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) has conducted a quantitative threat 211u001eassessment for the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS) to determine the 211u001eprobability that a life-threatening incident would occur as a result of 211u001etransporting hazardous materials in aircraft cargo compartments. The study team 211u001edeveloped a threat assessment model and refined threat scenarios with the help of 211u001ea panel of experts who contributed potential countermeasures, suggested 211u001eexperimental tests and provided input data for the model. The model calculated 211u001ethe likelihood of life-threatening incidents based on the presence of a package 211u001econtaining various selected 'worst likely' hazardous materials, the specific 211u001ecargo compartment type and the package's given state of compliance (or non-211u001ecompliance) with current DOT hazardous materials regulations.