WX avoidance - air carrier on an atlantic route exercises emergency authority/authorized to deviate ...

Attributes
ACN	299830
Time
Date	199503
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : jfk
State Reference	NY
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : atlantic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	299830
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

80 NM south of flann intersection, exercised captain's emergency authority/authorized to deviate from WX. Unable to contact ZNY on VHF, able to contact ny arinc on HF, advised them under captain's emergency authority/authorized we deviated around the WX.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WX AVOIDANCE - ACR ON AN ATLANTIC RTE EXERCISES EMER AUTH TO DEVIATE AROUND WX.

Narrative: 80 NM S OF FLANN INTXN, EXERCISED CAPT'S EMER AUTH TO DEVIATE FROM WX. UNABLE TO CONTACT ZNY ON VHF, ABLE TO CONTACT NY ARINC ON HF, ADVISED THEM UNDER CAPT'S EMER AUTH WE DEVIATED AROUND THE WX.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.

WX avoidance - air carrier on an atlantic route exercises emergency authority/authorized to deviate around WX.