BS ISO 16049-1:2020

This standard BS ISO 16049-1:2020 Air cargo equipment. Restraint straps is classified in these ICS categories:

• 49.120 Cargo equipment

This document specifies the design criteria and testing methods adequate to guarantee the ultimate load and operational dependability of cargo restraint strap assemblies with a typical 22 250 N (5 000 lbf) rated ultimate tension load capability, as used by the airline industry. These restraint straps are used in civil transport aircraft during flight for:

1. cargo loaded and tied down onto airworthiness approved air cargo pallets, themselves restrained into aircraft lower deck, main deck or upper deck cargo systems and meeting the requirements of ISO 8097 (NAS 3610) or ISO 21100 , or

2. non unitized individual pieces of cargo, or pieces of cargo placed onto an unrestrained ("floating") pallet into either lower deck, main deck or upper deck containerized cargo compartments of an aircraft,

3. the same restraint strap assemblies can also be used in other applications such as:

   1. non containerized (bulk loaded) baggage and cargo compartments;

   2. to ensure cargo restraint inside an airworthiness approved air cargo container.

Compliance with this document provides one means of cargo restraint straps airworthiness approval by Civil Aviation Authorities under TSO/ETSO-C172a, in addition to the other requirements therein.