News / Pandemic Q&A : Is it legal, and safe, to carry cargo in aircraft passenger cabins?

Austrian Airlines

Question: “All these passenger airlines moving freight in passenger cabins. Is it legal? Is it safe? Cargo airlines have very restrictive load restraint requirements and we see passenger airlines just tearing out seats and loading cartons in the gaps.”

There have been several images of passenger aircraft carrying cargo in the cabin.

However, an aviation expert explains that seats in passenger aircraft are attached to the floor by tracks, much like those on the lower deck. Weight requirements for the floor are ...