Aircraft were assigned converging courses immediately after departure requiring one aircraft to take...

Attributes
ACN	106374
Time
Date	198903
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : msp
State Reference	MN
Altitude	msl bound lower : 700 msl bound upper : 700
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : msp
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	106374
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 5000 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Takeoff from msp runway 11L, given heading of 120 degrees. After takeoff first officer exclaimed, 'what's this?!', and I noticed an large transport who took off on runway 11R turning into us 1 mi ahead. I queried the local controller, who repeated 'right turn 120 degrees.' I said, 'we're breaking, left!' there seemed to be some confusion on part of controller and some lack of recognition of problem. When talking with watch supervisor upon arrival at ord, he told me the mistake they made was not telling me about traffic which would be turning left in front of me. My response was that I thought this was a less than intelligent routing procedure and I hadn't seen it at any other large airports with parallel runways. Complicating the issue was a split frequency for local control. I think this is a poor way to run traffic--ie, intersecting VFR departure paths--and that it needs an audit, badly!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT WERE ASSIGNED CONVERGING COURSES IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEP REQUIRING ONE ACFT TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION.

Narrative: TKOF FROM MSP RWY 11L, GIVEN HDG OF 120 DEGS. AFTER TKOF F/O EXCLAIMED, 'WHAT'S THIS?!', AND I NOTICED AN LGT WHO TOOK OFF ON RWY 11R TURNING INTO US 1 MI AHEAD. I QUERIED THE LCL CTLR, WHO REPEATED 'RIGHT TURN 120 DEGS.' I SAID, 'WE'RE BREAKING, LEFT!' THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME CONFUSION ON PART OF CTLR AND SOME LACK OF RECOGNITION OF PROB. WHEN TALKING WITH WATCH SUPVR UPON ARR AT ORD, HE TOLD ME THE MISTAKE THEY MADE WAS NOT TELLING ME ABOUT TFC WHICH WOULD BE TURNING LEFT IN FRONT OF ME. MY RESPONSE WAS THAT I THOUGHT THIS WAS A LESS THAN INTELLIGENT ROUTING PROC AND I HADN'T SEEN IT AT ANY OTHER LARGE ARPTS WITH PARALLEL RWYS. COMPLICATING THE ISSUE WAS A SPLIT FREQ FOR LCL CTL. I THINK THIS IS A POOR WAY TO RUN TFC--IE, INTERSECTING VFR DEP PATHS--AND THAT IT NEEDS AN AUDIT, BADLY!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.

Aircraft were assigned converging courses immediately after departure requiring one aircraft to take evasive action.