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CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENTHONG KONG, CHINAAirworthiness Notice1 ApplicabilityTHIS NOTICE GIVES DETAILS OF A MANDATORY ACTIONCARGO CONTAINMENTNo. 92Issue 530 May 2006This Notice is applicable to the approval of containers used in aircraft for thetransportation of cargo, in which the securing of the cargo to the aircraft structure isdependent upon the strength of the container.2 Introduction2.1 In view of the increase in the carriage of livestock, the Director-General hasreviewed the means of restraint being used for this and other cargo and theways in which compliance has been established with BCAR Section D,Chapter D4-3, paragraph 2; Section K, Chapter K4-3, paragraph 2 or SectionG, Chapter G-3, paragraph 3; European CS 23.787, CS 25.787, CS 27.787, CS29.787, JAR 23.787, JAR 25.787, JAR 27.787 or JAR 29.787, as appropriate.2.2 The appropriate EASA CS/JAR and BCAR require that cargo compartmentsand the means provided for the restraint of the cargo shall have sufficientstrength to restrain the cargo under flight and ground conditions to prescribedacceleration factors. In addition, unless the compartment and cargo are solocated that in the event of the cargo breaking loose in emergency alightingconditions it is unlikely to cause injury to the occupants of the aircraft,damage fuel tanks or lines, or to nullify any of the escape facilities, thecompartment and the means provided for restraint of the cargo shall alsocomply with the emergency alighting conditions of EASA CS 23.561, CS25.561, CS 27.561, CS 29.561, JAR 23.561, JAR 25.561, JAR 27.561, JAR29.561; BCAR Chapter D3-8, Chapter K3-8 or Chapter G3-8 as appropriate.2.3 A survey of containers (such as pens and horseboxes) shows that usually therestraint of the animals depends on the containers themselves and that theseare not always of adequate design and construction to enable the requirementsto be met.AN-92 P.130 May 2006