Air carrier dispatcher reported that dispatchers were not advised by their company of missile launch...

Narrative:

Dispatch became aware of multiple north korean missile launches from an inquiry from a company aircraft. This desk had one flight headed to south korea; one flight headed through south korean airspace; and two flights headed to japan. The missiles were launched off the east coast of north korea towards japan. Chief dispatcher researched this incident and advised the dispatchers that corporate security had been advised approximately four hours prior about the missile launch and chose not to advise the dispatchers. Dispatch can only speculate on why this information was withheld.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier Dispatcher reported that Dispatchers were not advised by their company of missile launches which could have affected the safety of flights operating near the launch area.

Narrative: Dispatch became aware of multiple North Korean missile launches from an inquiry from a company aircraft. This desk had one flight headed to South Korea; one flight headed through South Korean airspace; and two flights headed to Japan. The missiles were launched off the east coast of North Korea towards Japan. Chief Dispatcher researched this incident and advised the Dispatchers that Corporate Security had been advised approximately four hours prior about the missile launch and chose not to advise the Dispatchers. Dispatch can only speculate on why this information was withheld.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1476739
Time
Date	201708
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Dispatcher
Qualification	Dispatch Dispatcher
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Air carrier dispatcher reported that dispatchers were not advised by their company of missile launches which could have affected the safety of flights operating near the launch area.