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Air carrier captain reported interference from a local church broadcast interfered with his communication with the tug driver at boi airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1759993 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BOI.Airport |
| State Reference | ID |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 26.28 Flight Crew Type 3784.27 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
When the tug driver plugged his headset in to communicate for pushback from [the] gate; I could hear interference on it from what sounded like a radio broadcast of a church ceremony with singing of hymns. I asked the tug driver if he was listening to a church service and he said no; but he said there was a church down the street that broadcasts their mass and sometimes it interferes with the interphone and you can hear it (!). The interference became even worse once we were pushed back as I could hear a woman reading scripture; but the tug driver was so faint I could barely hear him and had to ask him to repeat himself. My first officer was listening too and he confirmed what I was hearing. It went away the instant the tug driver unplugged. I've seen some strange things before; but this is definitely odd and someone should look into this.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported interference from a local church broadcast interfered with his communication with the tug driver at BOI airport.
Narrative: When the tug driver plugged his headset in to communicate for pushback from [the] gate; I could hear interference on it from what sounded like a radio broadcast of a church ceremony with singing of hymns. I asked the tug driver if he was listening to a church service and he said no; but he said there was a church down the street that broadcasts their mass and sometimes it interferes with the interphone and you can hear it (!). The interference became even worse once we were pushed back as I could hear a woman reading scripture; but the tug driver was so faint I could barely hear him and had to ask him to repeat himself. My First Officer was listening too and he confirmed what I was hearing. It went away the instant the tug driver unplugged. I've seen some strange things before; but this is definitely odd and someone should look into this.
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.