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B767 flight crew is informed of ATC outage in brazil 3:30 into their flight and told to return to the departure airport by their company.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 746660 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer observation : company check pilot |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 189 flight time total : 13700 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 746660 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 83 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1600 |
| ASRS Report | 746668 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Facility |
| Primary Problem | ATC Facility |
Narrative:
Approximately 3:30 into our 9:34 planned flight time we received a satcom SELCAL from company requesting us to return to ZZZ due a massive failure of the ATC system in brazil. We discussed the issue of a possible planned overweight landing back at ZZZ. We conferred with maintenance about the amount we would be over on landing. Maintenance said no problem. An electronic maintenance entry was made reference overweight landing. During our return to ZZZ we maximized our fuel burn to minimize our overweight condition on landing. The WX and airport conditions were all excellent. We made a smooth uneventful landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767 FLT CREW IS INFORMED OF ATC OUTAGE IN BRAZIL 3:30 INTO THEIR FLT AND TOLD TO RETURN TO THE DEP ARPT BY THEIR COMPANY.
Narrative: APPROX 3:30 INTO OUR 9:34 PLANNED FLIGHT TIME WE RECEIVED A SATCOM SELCAL FROM COMPANY REQUESTING US TO RETURN TO ZZZ DUE A MASSIVE FAILURE OF THE ATC SYSTEM IN BRAZIL. WE DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF A POSSIBLE PLANNED OVERWEIGHT LANDING BACK AT ZZZ. WE CONFERRED WITH MAINT ABOUT THE AMOUNT WE WOULD BE OVER ON LNDG. MAINT SAID NO PROBLEM. AN ELECTRONIC MAINTENANCE ENTRY WAS MADE REF OVERWEIGHT LNDG. DURING OUR RETURN TO ZZZ WE MAXIMIZED OUR FUEL BURN TO MINIMIZE OUR OVERWEIGHT CONDITION ON LNDG. THE WX AND ARPT CONDITIONS WERE ALL EXCELLENT. WE MADE A SMOOTH UNEVENTFUL LNDG.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.