Maintenance Avionics; Maintenance Inspection Authority; Maintenance Repairman
Time Pressure; Situational Awareness; Communication Breakdown; Workload
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural MEL / CDL; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance
General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Human Factors; MEL; Procedure
Aircraft X.  50-DIP (Defer In Place) LP XXXXXXX refers to a temporary repair carried out on a damaged sidewall lining in FWD (forward) cargo bay; location: 12L; panel number: 121EW. ECRA (Engineering Change Request Authority) 5011-01106 PART 1. (2) And PART 1A states: 'Notify load planner that no cargo is allowed at ULD (Unit Load Device) positions 11P; 12P; 11L; 12L; or 13L. Ensure that cargo must not be placed within 5 feet of the discrepant panel in the forward; Aft; IB; or OB directions. If required for weight and balance purposes; ballast can be loaded within the restricted area.' Aircraft X arrived at ZZZZ with 4 ULDs loaded in the prohibited positions 11L; 12L. To make matters worse position 11L contained a Self-Temperature Controlled Envirotainer - this has an integral battery pack immediately adjacent to the Temporary Repaired Sidewall Panel! There are serious safety concerns here. It appears this was not picked up by or prevented by any of the included departments.ZZZZ Maintenance Operations team reviewed this LP and ECRA because it auto generated LP XXXXXXY due to the M meter applied to the original LP XXXXXXX. Upon informing Station Operations it was apparent that they and Central Cargo Loading were not aware of ANY restrictions within the FWD cargo bay.So how did this arrive at ZZZ with ULDs in these prohibited positions? And why; with meters A (dispatch) and L (loading) applied to the 50-DIP LP XXXXXXX; were the relevant departments not made aware of this restriction; only Maintenance???? Is it because the meters were applied a DIP (Carry)? This issue does not seem to occur when an MEL is applied to an Aircraft.
Maintenance Technician reported communication errors between departments over a MEL that restricted cargo form being loaded within 5 feet of a damaged sidewall panel and which subsequently was loaded and flew in service.