Boots Advent calendars destroyed by RM duo to nail varnish

hollydays

It's all do with safety and security on planes isn't it?
If people didn't know these items were prohibited , it's unfortunate but it's still prohibited and potentially dangerous to send. It's for everyone's safety.
Why should you expect to get a flammable item back-what deterrent is that ?
You are making more work for security, not good in Europe at the moment in particular.

Mateus109

Girlfriend knows she's done wrong but because you can take nail varnish when travelling abroad in hand luggage (as long as it's in a plastic bag) I understand why she thought not to check. Also, she sends parcels on any almost monthly basis abroad but this is the first time she sent something containing nail varnish so she's become fairly blase about it. So she's mad that she's lost £100 worth of Christmas presents even though she acknowledges it's her own mistake.

According to lots of forums and RM's own T&Cs, they don't destroy the whole package, only the offending item (in this case two 10ml bottles of nail varnish). The rest of the package is sold on to a reseller.

chuckley

So how comes you can travel with nail varnish on planes?!

marliepanda

chuckley wrote: »

So how comes you can travel with nail varnish on planes?!

Because the cargo is a different pressure to the cabin.

shaun_from_Africa

chuckley wrote: »

So how comes you can travel with nail varnish on planes?!

You can carry a limited amount of flammable liquids in your cabin baggage because in the event of a leakage or very rare case, a fire, this can normally be dealt with by the cabin crew.
If the same was to happen in the baggage hold, a very small fire could easily lead to the loss of the aircraft and all on board.

Flammable (and other hazardous) goods are often carried as cargo on passenger aircraft but these can only be accepted if correctly packed, labelled and certified, something that wouldn't have been done if it was simply goods sent by people through the post.

shaun_from_Africa

marliepanda wrote: »

Because the cargo is a different pressure to the cabin.

In modern passenger aircraft, the cargo holds are at the same pressure as the cabin and are in fact pressurised by the same airflow as the cabin.
They may not all be heated, but they will all be pressurised.
In some small private jets there may be an unpressurised baggage bay behind the rear pressure bulkhead but not on large passenger aircraft.

marliepanda

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

In modern passenger aircraft, the cargo holds are at the same pressure as the cabin and are in fact pressurised by the same airflow as the cabin.
They may not all be heated, but they will all be pressurised.
In some small private jets there may be an unpressurised baggage bay behind the rear pressure bulkhead but not on large passenger aircraft.

Is that true of cargo planes for post?

System

marliepanda wrote: »

Is that true of cargo planes for post?

Yes, because the whole of the body is the cargo area then they would need to fit a pressure bulkhead to isolate the cockpit area if not pressurised

shaun_from_Africa

Aircraft that are used to carry cargo generally fall into one of two different categories.
They will either be ex-passenger aircraft that have been converted to carry cargo (often done once they start getting too expensive to refurbish for passenger use) or they will be new, made to order aircraft with their build specification showing them for cargo only.


In both cases the basic structure will be identical to passenger carrying aeroplanes with the main outer skin being the pressure bearing structure.




Next time you are flying in a 747 or 777, and if you are in a window seat have a look at the cabin floor on the outboard side of the cabin and you will see lots of small vents. These vents are there to ensure that the cargo area is at exactly the same pressure as the cabin.

System

As an example the 767-300F was designed with pressurised cargo area which can also be heated or cooled

http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/boeing767_300f/