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An air carrier dispatcher reports one of his flights diverted to an airport not on the flight plan; without informing dispatch.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 878910 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAU.ARTCC |
| State Reference | IL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Dispatcher |
| Qualification | Dispatch Dispatcher |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Flight was released with stl as alternate. Flight was given reroute which burned some fuel; and held about fifty miles southwest of ord. Captain failed to coordinate with me on fuel status but I noticed flight holding on our flight display. I changed his alternate to pia about the same time as I noticed a flight display reroute to ind. I advised flight via ACARS I would be filing this report due to this far violation and bad technique of not calling dispatch while in range of the company frequency and then diverting to an alternate which was not on his release and further than pia from his present position.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier Dispatcher reports one of his flights diverted to an airport not on the flight plan; without informing Dispatch.
Narrative: Flight was released with STL as alternate. Flight was given reroute which burned some fuel; and held about fifty miles southwest of ORD. Captain failed to coordinate with me on fuel status but I noticed flight holding on our flight display. I changed his alternate to PIA about the same time as I noticed a flight display reroute to IND. I advised flight via ACARS I would be filing this report due to this FAR violation and bad technique of not calling Dispatch while in range of the Company frequency and then diverting to an alternate which was not on his release and further than PIA from his present position.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.