Powerful magnets can interfere with aircraft instruments, attract adjacent metal, damage sensitive products or surprise a warehouse that received only a general product name. The plan starts with a measurement and the final packed unit, not with the bare component.
What the first review should decide
Treat magnetic-field control as a packaging and acceptance question. The test condition, instrument, distance, orientation and final shielding need to be clear enough for the carrier to evaluate the actual consignment.
Evidence to send
- Ask the supplier for the magnet grade, dimensions, assembled orientation and final package count.
- Test the completed export package rather than quoting a value from an unshielded sample or catalogue.
- Record the measuring device, test distance and strongest orientation so the result can be understood and repeated.
- Prevent movement, product-to-product attraction and contact with tools, steel straps or sensitive adjacent cargo.
- Send the result and pack photographs to the actual airline or handler before tendering air cargo.
Highest-risk assumption
A statement that cargo is non-dangerous does not replace the measurement or operator review requested for magnetized material. Airlines are not obliged to accept every otherwise compliant article.
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Written by Passion Freight Global editorial team and reviewed by Passion Freight Global operations team.