<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1033171, August 2012

Enroute controller described an emergency event involving confusion with regard to the aircraft's position and sector responsibility.

Attributes
ACN	1033171
Time
Date	201208
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Person 2
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Narrative:

I relieved the radar controller at sector xx prior to incident. While working the sector; a B757 called and we had to locate him as he had been handed of to another sector. The B757 called a couple more times but was almost unreadable. The B757 declared an emergency [while] we were on the line with sector yy to coordinate the emergency status. The sector yy controller was busy and it took us approximately 10 to 15 seconds to coordinate with him. I changed the range on my scope to depict the B757 at which time the B757 said he was starting his descent and the [sector] xx controller was talking to sector yy so I (comm) changed the B757 to sector yy. Better radios would make a big difference.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Enroute Controller described an emergency event involving confusion with regard to the aircraft's position and sector responsibility.

Narrative: I relieved the RADAR Controller at Sector XX prior to incident. While working the sector; a B757 called and we had to locate him as he had been handed of to another sector. The B757 called a couple more times but was almost unreadable. The B757 declared an emergency [while] we were on the line with Sector YY to coordinate the emergency status. The Sector YY Controller was busy and it took us approximately 10 to 15 seconds to coordinate with him. I changed the range on my scope to depict the B757 at which time the B757 said he was starting his descent and the [Sector] XX Controller was talking to Sector YY so I (comm) changed the B757 to Sector YY. Better radios would make a big difference.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.