ZTL controller reports of a handoff issues with ZDC. They couldn't handoff a specific aircraft becau...

Attributes
ACN	1269196
Time
Date	201506
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZTL.ARTCC
State Reference	GA
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Large Transport
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) 24
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I was conducting otj at R28. Aircraft X to bwi; was failing on the automated handoff to ZDC. The edst (en-route decision support tool) displayed a utm (un-transmitted message) message that we nor the d-side had noticed due to the complexity and volume of traffic. When attempting a manual handoff to ZDC they advised us that they didn't have a flight plan because they had aircraft Y from bwi that they needed to make a manual handoff to us on. The aircraft with the same call signs passed approximately 8 miles apart just northeast of gso. The ramifications of this go without saying.demand that the air carriers not let this happen.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZTL Controller reports of a handoff issues with ZDC. They couldn't handoff a specific aircraft because there was another aircraft with the same call sign that ZDC was attempting to handoff to ZTL.

Narrative: I was conducting OTJ at R28. Aircraft X to BWI; was failing on the automated handoff to ZDC. The EDST (En-route Decision Support Tool) displayed a UTM (un-transmitted message) message that we nor the D-side had noticed due to the complexity and volume of traffic. When attempting a manual handoff to ZDC they advised us that they didn't have a flight plan because they had Aircraft Y from BWI that they needed to make a manual handoff to us on. The aircraft with the same call signs passed approximately 8 miles apart just NE of GSO. The ramifications of this go without saying.Demand that the air carriers not let this happen.

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.

ZTL controller reports of a handoff issues with ZDC. They couldn't handoff a specific aircraft because there was another aircraft with the same call sign that ZDC was attempting to handoff to ZTL.