B737-700
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 542
Communication Breakdown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Procedure
On climbout we received an ACARS message from Dispatch approximately 15 minutes into the flight. Crew was made aware of hazmat onboard by Dispatch. Ground Ops failed to provide knowledge and paperwork of said hazmat to crew. We never knew it was onboard.
B737-700 Captain reported Dispatch airborne notification of onboard hazmat shipment.