ZSE controller discovers route variation of aircraft and fixes the problem.

Attributes
ACN	1186170
Time
Date	201407
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZSE.ARTCC
State Reference	WA
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 3
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

I was working R3 during a busy session with 20 plus minute metering delays. I accepted the handoff from sector 2 of aircraft X from pdx to anc. Because we have to do manual hand offs to canada; I called to make the hand off and confirmed the aircraft's altitude and route of flight. In the midst of the hand off I realized the aircraft was not headed towards the fix indicated in the computer so I ended the call and queried the aircraft to their actually route of flight. I then updated in the computer and re-did the hand off. This is the second incident in as many days from the transferring controller of an aircraft with incorrect route data in the computer. I don't know why it happened.additional training for the cpc who handed me the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZSE Controller discovers route variation of aircraft and fixes the problem.

Narrative: I was working R3 during a busy session with 20 plus minute metering delays. I accepted the handoff from Sector 2 of Aircraft X from PDX to ANC. Because we have to do manual hand offs to Canada; I called to make the hand off and confirmed the aircraft's altitude and route of flight. In the midst of the hand off I realized the aircraft was not headed towards the fix indicated in the computer so I ended the call and queried the aircraft to their actually route of flight. I then updated in the computer and re-did the hand off. This is the second incident in as many days from the transferring controller of an aircraft with incorrect route data in the computer. I don't know why it happened.Additional training for the CPC who handed me the aircraft.

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