An md-11 enroute from the philippines to mainland china temporarily lost contact with control as the...

Narrative:

While enroute rplc; manila control failed to switch us to hong kong control at sabno. We began attempting contact with hong kong and were then contacted on guard by another company flight to contact hong kong on their active frequency. We switched to this frequency and regained contact with control within 8 minutes from sabno. The controller seemed satisfied with our quick response to the call on guard and gave us vectors. We discussed techniques for better fir boundary awareness; including inserting the point in the fix page so that it is more prominent on the nd; and the need to be proactive in switching to the next control despite release from the previous controller. This might include using another radio to make such contact although in this case leaving #2 on guard allowed us to receive the guard call from company aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD-11 enroute from the Philippines to mainland China temporarily lost contact with control as they approached the Hong Kong FIR. An assist from a company flight restored contact.

Narrative: While enroute RPLC; Manila Control failed to switch us to Hong Kong control at SABNO. We began attempting contact with Hong Kong and were then contacted on guard by another company flight to contact Hong Kong on their active frequency. We switched to this frequency and regained contact with Control within 8 minutes from SABNO. The Controller seemed satisfied with our quick response to the call on guard and gave us vectors. We discussed techniques for better FIR boundary awareness; including inserting the point in the fix page so that it is more prominent on the ND; and the need to be proactive in switching to the next Control despite release from the previous Controller. This might include using another radio to make such contact although in this case leaving #2 on guard allowed us to receive the guard call from Company aircraft.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1091478
Time
Date	201306
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	RPHI.ARTCC
State Reference	FO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

An md-11 enroute from the philippines to mainland china temporarily lost contact with control as they approached the hong kong fir. An assist from a company flight restored contact.