Narrative:

There were large areas of thunderstorms scattered throughout ZID. Traffic was busy and complex due to deviations and aircraft on weather routes. I was working unv hi radar; and I had a d-side. I had been busy since I sat down with the thunderstorms compressing traffic into airspace without weather. I took the hand off on a B767-300 at FL310; the B767-300 was northeast bound in crw hi's airspace. I was scanning the sector; observing what needed to be done. My eyes were instantly averted to B767-300 flashing conflict alert with a MD88 at FL310 westbound in crw hi's airspace. The aircraft were ten miles apart and heading towards each other. I called the B767-300; they answered me and just then crw hi called and said to turn the B767-300 thirty degrees left. I told the B767-300 to turn thirty degrees left and called a traffic alert for a MD88. The B767-300 responded that he was receiving an RA to descend. The B767-300 descended to FL305. The B767-300 then reported clear of the traffic and then climbing to FL310. I cleared the B767-300 back on course direct psb. Separation was lost with the B767-300 and the MD88 by the crw hi radar controller. Thirty degrees was not going to save separation; but it was a plan to save lives. I don't know what the altitude separation was between the aircraft; but I think they had a bit more than three miles laterally. TCAS was very instrumental in assisting the aircraft to a safe situation. I don't know if the crw hi controller had a tracker; but it probably would have been a good day for one. The MD88 was a cvg arrival. I do not know what prohibited the crw hi controller from descending the MD88 to keep separation. I don't know the reasoning as to why crw hi accepted the hand off on cvg arrivals from washington center at FL320; but it always seems that the cvg arrivals are always in confliction with another aircraft that is southwest or northeast bound. Crw hi usually descends the cvg arrivals to ensure separation. This area is very complex. Maybe this error will allow management to evaluate the cvg arrival procedures from washington center.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZID Controller reported a loss of separation event immediately after traffic was transferred even though immediate vectors were initiated; the reporter suggesting the involved procedure is in need of review.

Narrative: There were large areas of thunderstorms scattered throughout ZID. Traffic was busy and complex due to deviations and aircraft on weather routes. I was working UNV HI RADAR; and I had a D-Side. I had been busy since I sat down with the thunderstorms compressing traffic into airspace without weather. I took the hand off on a B767-300 at FL310; the B767-300 was northeast bound in CRW HI's airspace. I was scanning the sector; observing what needed to be done. My eyes were instantly averted to B767-300 flashing Conflict Alert with a MD88 at FL310 westbound in CRW HI's airspace. The aircraft were ten miles apart and heading towards each other. I called the B767-300; they answered me and just then CRW HI called and said to turn the B767-300 thirty degrees left. I told the B767-300 to turn thirty degrees left and called a traffic alert for a MD88. The B767-300 responded that he was receiving an RA to descend. The B767-300 descended to FL305. The B767-300 then reported clear of the traffic and then climbing to FL310. I cleared the B767-300 back on course direct PSB. Separation was lost with the B767-300 and the MD88 by the CRW HI RADAR Controller. Thirty degrees was not going to save separation; but it was a plan to save lives. I don't know what the altitude separation was between the aircraft; but I think they had a bit more than three miles laterally. TCAS was very instrumental in assisting the aircraft to a safe situation. I don't know if the CRW HI Controller had a tracker; but it probably would have been a good day for one. The MD88 was a CVG arrival. I do not know what prohibited the CRW HI Controller from descending the MD88 to keep separation. I don't know the reasoning as to why CRW HI accepted the hand off on CVG arrivals from Washington Center at FL320; but it always seems that the CVG arrivals are always in confliction with another aircraft that is southwest or northeast bound. CRW HI usually descends the CVG arrivals to ensure separation. This area is very complex. Maybe this error will allow management to evaluate the CVG arrival procedures from Washington Center.

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.