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Air carrier captain reported difficulty communicating with ATC over the western atlantic. Emergency authority was exercised to avoid weather prior to receiving clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1014741 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201206 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZNY.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NY |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 176 Flight Crew Total 21850 Flight Crew Type 2766 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Approaching jains on L451 had to deviate around a line of thunderstorms. Received a clearance to deviate left of course. It turned out that we needed an additional 30nm. We were unable to contact ATC on HF; so we used weather deviation procedures; (lights on; blind broadcasts of pan pan and our position). Approximately 1 min later while typing a request on cpdlc established comm with ATC and was cleared direct ilido int.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier Captain reported difficulty communicating with ATC over the western Atlantic. Emergency authority was exercised to avoid weather prior to receiving clearance.
Narrative: Approaching JAINS on L451 had to deviate around a line of thunderstorms. Received a clearance to deviate left of course. It turned out that we needed an additional 30nm. We were unable to contact ATC on HF; so we used weather deviation procedures; (lights on; blind broadcasts of pan pan and our position). Approximately 1 min later while typing a request on CPDLC established comm with ATC and was cleared direct ILIDO int.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.