December 2001

Safety Notice - Aluminium carabiners with chromium style surface

Below is a link to a DHV report on a carabiner that failed in flight. This
style of carabiner is very commonly used in NZ (although apparently it only affects the style that has a chrome plated appearance).

http://www.dhv.de/DHVonlineDB/sourcelegacy/legacynotespage.php?sublang=EN

Steve O'Shaughnessy

PGSO - Canterbury