Thirty-One Hours on the Tarmac: A Re-Icing Protocol for Held Air Cargo

Fourteen boxes of chilled biologics left with six conditioned packs each at 2 to 8 degrees and cleared export in ninety minutes. Then a documentation query held them on a Dubai tarmac for 31 hours at 36 degrees, and by the time the broker called, two loggers read 11.2 degrees. The packs were still c…