A319
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 125; Flight Crew Total 12344; Flight Crew Type 10968
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Weight And Balance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Returned To Gate; General Maintenance Action
Human Factors
During taxi out for takeoff; we received the following message: Captain you have to return to the gate or at least the alley because ZZZ ramp did not secure the Hazmat in accordance with FAA required guidelines. We returned to gate; and parked the aircraft. While I coordinated; the ramp crew properly secured the Hazmat; and once we confirmed that we were legal and our RLS was still valid to continue; we departed without further incident.
A319 Captain reported a ground gate return due to improperly secure Hazmat cargo in cargo compartment.