B767 flight crew reroute clearance over greenland because of potential traffic conflict.

Attributes
ACN	424920
Time
Date	199812
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : sfj
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Navigation In Use	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
ASRS Report	424920
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Frequency/altitude: 127.85/FL330. ATC facility: reykjavik oac. Location: 67 degrees north 50 degrees west. Reykjavik oac cleared us from 66n40w to 67n50w due to traffic conflict. At this time we were just on the western side of greenland. We had planned to make the crossing at 66N until west of greenland as we had been cleared by shanwick oac.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 FLC REROUTE CLRNC OVER GREENLAND BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL TFC CONFLICT.

Narrative: FREQ/ALT: 127.85/FL330. ATC FACILITY: REYKJAVIK OAC. LOCATION: 67 DEGS N 50 DEGS W. REYKJAVIK OAC CLRED US FROM 66N40W TO 67N50W DUE TO TFC CONFLICT. AT THIS TIME WE WERE JUST ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF GREENLAND. WE HAD PLANNED TO MAKE THE XING AT 66N UNTIL W OF GREENLAND AS WE HAD BEEN CLRED BY SHANWICK OAC.

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.