At the Italian airport in Pisa, a cargo shipment declared as humanitarian aid for Ukraine caused quite a stir. Officially, the boxes and containers should contain food, medicine and other relief supplies for the population. Weapons were found during routine checks.

Local media reports, among other things, that the cargo containers are said to have contained various types of weapons, ammunition and explosives. However, as mentioned in the first paragraph, the delivery was declared as a humanitarian aid delivery. This also angered the union, which believes that the ramp workers were being put at potential risk by being held under the assumption that the goods were non-hazardous, such as food or medicines.

Special training and testing is required for loading dangerous goods. Weapons and explosives must also be handled with special care. The employee representatives therefore see a safety risk and appeal that the freight must be declared correctly.

According to local media reports, this is not an isolated case, but this misdeclaration is said to have occurred repeatedly in recent days on flights heading for NATO bases in Poland. From there, the relief supplies and weapons are to be transported overland to the Ukraine.