News / 747F operator loses business and calls for US to ease restriction on bigger cargo

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A US restriction on carrying tall, rigid cargo on 747 freighters is costing US operators millions of dollars in lost business to foreign competitors.

In a filing on Monday to the US Department of Transportation (DoT), National Air Cargo requested an exemption to allow it to carry “tall rigid cargo [freight that is taller than 98in and will not break apart during an emergency landing] restrained to withstand a 3G forward load” on 747 freighters. The current requirement is for 9G.

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