ZID fails to hand off air carrier to ZTL until flight crew discovers that they have lost communication with ZID and have another air carrier relay a new frequency to them from ZID.

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Attributes
ACN	127499
Time
Date	198911
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zid artcc : ztl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute airway : j89
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 550
ASRS Report	127499
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Deviation

Narrative:

ZID 134.67 failed to switch us to an atl center frequency. We relayed through another air carrier back to ZID and got a good ATC frequency 133.35. Made contact with ATC 60 NM south of atl on 789. We discovered the problem when we heard the other air carrier flight talking to ZID and we could not hear ZID talk back.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZID FAILS TO HAND OFF ACR TO ZTL UNTIL FLT CREW DISCOVERS THAT THEY HAVE LOST COM WITH ZID AND HAVE ANOTHER ACR RELAY A NEW FREQ TO THEM FROM ZID.

Narrative: ZID 134.67 FAILED TO SWITCH US TO AN ATL CENTER FREQ. WE RELAYED THROUGH ANOTHER ACR BACK TO ZID AND GOT A GOOD ATC FREQ 133.35. MADE CONTACT WITH ATC 60 NM S OF ATL ON 789. WE DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM WHEN WE HEARD THE OTHER ACR FLT TALKING TO ZID AND WE COULD NOT HEAR ZID TALK BACK.

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.