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with a closed tap/stopper, I can assure you that when the air pressure decreases, the barrel will be compressed as easy as if you squeeze an empty can of Coca-Cola.
Preparation of cargo in closed containers
Imagine, I’ve witnessed shipping containers which were squashed during the flight, only because their caring senders sealed the cargo and refused to open it during the flight, fearing for the safety of the cargo. The result was quite the opposite. There are cases when the internal pressure breaks sufficiently thick metal containers as if they were made of paper. This is very dangerous and could potentially result is a very sad end for the crew and the aircraft. For that very reason, there is a lot of attention to the subject and IATA rules applied to the preparation of cargo in closed containers, which are to be transported by air. One of the rules states that such types of cargo should have a bypass valve or open vents with an area of not less than 5 sq cm per cubic metre of interior space. Only in this case can cargo safety and security be guaranteed. There are many other tips and examples I could cover on this subject, but I will stop here for now.
The importance of cooperation
What I would like to emphasise is the importance of cooperation between the customer and our technical team. Dear customers! We work for you! But this
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work involves and needs a strong two-way relationship because we rely heavily on your understanding and cooperation. If during the preparation of a flight you start to feel slightly annoyed by the number of questions and details that our technical team is asking of you, trust me, you will soon forget this when the job is done in a quick and smooth manner and your cargo arrives safely and on-time. We would rather go this way than be shy and hesitant of asking too many questions and then risk the safety of your cargo and potentially your business, not to mention the safety of the crew.
The comfort and ease of the planning process can be instantly forgotten but the failure of a flight will be remembered for a long time. Trust me, our goal is not to solve problems during the transportation. Our goal is to prevent the appearance of such problems altogether.
Vladimir Vyshemirsky was born on February 4, 1956 in Kazan. He began his career in 1973 shortly after graduating from the high school in Kazan Aviation Technical Base United Aviation Division “Aeroflot”. From 1974 to 1980, he was a student of the Kazan Aviation Institute AN Tupolev. Upon graduation, he completed two years of military service in the Soviet Army before transferring to the reserve with the rank of lieutenant.
From 1984 to 1991, he was Maintenance Engineer Flight Testing at the Ulyanovsk Aviation Industrial Complex and participated in the early tests of the An-124. He joined Volga- Dnepr Group in 1991 as an avionics engineer, progressing through the roles of senior engineer, loadmaster, and load planning manager Volga- Dnepr UK. Since 2008, Vlad has been the head of Volga-Dnepr’s Engineering & Logistics Centre
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