<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1153970, March 2014

A hearback\readback breakdown in communication between a B777 flight crew and ATC resulted in a temporary track deviation in the middle east.

Attributes
ACN	1153970
Time
Date	201403
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	OKAC.ARTCC
State Reference	FO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Control cleared us direct to gadsi. Captain read back gadsi phonetically and we proceeded direct. 10 minutes later control said we were supposed to go direct tasmi. We were given a vector to intercept on course. No further action or unusual events ensued.misunderstanding and language issues on behalf of controller.perhaps change one of the names of either point gadsi or tasmi to sound significantly different. Controller could perhaps pay more attention to a phonetically spelled read back.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A hearback\readback breakdown in communication between a B777 flight crew and ATC resulted in a temporary track deviation in the Middle East.

Narrative: Control cleared us direct to GADSI. Captain read back GADSI phonetically and we proceeded direct. 10 minutes later Control said we were supposed to go direct TASMI. We were given a vector to intercept on course. No further action or unusual events ensued.Misunderstanding and language issues on behalf of Controller.Perhaps change one of the names of either point GADSI or TASMI to sound significantly different. Controller could perhaps pay more attention to a phonetically spelled read back.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.