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Controller at foreign ARTCC assumed control of flight prior to airspace boundary when air carrier flight established communications, per ICAO rules, but before control had been transferred to foreign ARTCC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 344013 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : hst |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma artcc : muha tower : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : other oceanic |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 14 |
| ASRS Report | 344013 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government other |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Deviation Inter Facility Coordination Failure |
Narrative:
Air carrier X departed mia en route to spim through havana's airspace. I had air carrier X on my frequency climbing to FL330. Air carrier X was coordinated with havana climbing to FL330 and a radar handoff was accomplished. Prior to transfer of communication to havana, air carrier X advised me that havana had cleared them to FL370. I advised air carrier X to maintain FL330 as that was the altitude that had been coordinated. This is an increasingly common occurrence--when aircraft contact havana (as required by ICAO rules) prior to crossing their boundary havana controllers are issuing clrncs to these aircraft while they are still in ZMA airspace causing potential conflictions and safety hazard.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CTLR AT FOREIGN ARTCC ASSUMED CTL OF FLT PRIOR TO AIRSPACE BOUNDARY WHEN ACR FLT ESTABLISHED COMS, PER ICAO RULES, BUT BEFORE CTL HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED TO FOREIGN ARTCC.
Narrative: ACR X DEPARTED MIA ENRTE TO SPIM THROUGH HAVANA'S AIRSPACE. I HAD ACR X ON MY FREQ CLBING TO FL330. ACR X WAS COORDINATED WITH HAVANA CLBING TO FL330 AND A RADAR HDOF WAS ACCOMPLISHED. PRIOR TO TRANSFER OF COM TO HAVANA, ACR X ADVISED ME THAT HAVANA HAD CLRED THEM TO FL370. I ADVISED ACR X TO MAINTAIN FL330 AS THAT WAS THE ALT THAT HAD BEEN COORDINATED. THIS IS AN INCREASINGLY COMMON OCCURRENCE--WHEN ACFT CONTACT HAVANA (AS REQUIRED BY ICAO RULES) PRIOR TO XING THEIR BOUNDARY HAVANA CTLRS ARE ISSUING CLRNCS TO THESE ACFT WHILE THEY ARE STILL IN ZMA AIRSPACE CAUSING POTENTIAL CONFLICTIONS AND SAFETY HAZARD.
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.