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B747 captain notes that certain foreign airspace charts are using out-of-date magnetic variation data.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1282173 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201507 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | UHMM.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
Dispatch put us on route G913 from rutin in russia. The route involves course definition in true or magnetic numbers since part of the flight is oceanic in the arctic ocean with defined true courses. Dispatch put us on a route for which we have no enroute chart indicating the course G913 to exist and no way to audit the flight plan and FMC alleged courses vs the onboard paper charts required for navigation. Eurasia hl chart 11-12; effective xa apr xb is current per the jeppesen web site; no G913 from rutin is published on this chart. No jeppesen chart change notices published reference this issue in the current jepp change notice dated xc july xb. No jeppesen production notices and alerts published reference this issue. Aircraft are being filed on routes in hostile russian airspace with no charts in the nav bag to audit courses. Coupled with 20-year old magnetic variation data errors the airline refuses to update in the steering IRS. The situation puts us in potential harm when entering and flying routes in a country that shoots down airliners. A poor dispatch flight plan for use in hostile territories.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B747 Captain notes that certain foreign airspace charts are using out-of-date magnetic variation data.
Narrative: Dispatch put us on route G913 from Rutin in Russia. The route involves course definition in true or magnetic numbers since part of the flight is oceanic in the Arctic Ocean with defined true courses. Dispatch put us on a route for which we have no enroute chart indicating the course G913 to exist and no way to audit the flight plan and FMC alleged courses vs the onboard paper charts required for navigation. Eurasia HL Chart 11-12; Effective XA Apr XB is current per the Jeppesen web site; no G913 from Rutin is published on this chart. No Jeppesen Chart Change Notices published reference this issue in the current Jepp Change Notice dated XC July XB. No Jeppesen Production Notices and Alerts published reference this issue. Aircraft are being filed on routes in hostile Russian airspace with no charts in the nav bag to audit courses. Coupled with 20-year old magnetic variation data errors the airline refuses to update in the steering IRS. The situation puts us in potential harm when entering and flying routes in a country that shoots down airliners. A poor dispatch flight plan for use in hostile territories.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.