Narrative:

I was on duty when I was informed aircraft X diverted to ZZZZ. The aircraft was overweight on landing and required a repetitive maintenance inspection accomplished prior to each departure. We have no approved maintenance providers in ZZZZ; and I could not locate a proper phone contact number. After a while we found a mechanic who could work on the aircraft; provided he give us his information so we could fill out a provisional approval form. Management constantly pushed me to worry about getting the aircraft out of ZZZZ; they said the provisional approval could be done after the aircraft left. I finally spoke to a mechanic; told him what we needed and sent a provisional form for him to fill out. I also told him that before the aircraft leaves; he must talk to me before signing of the log book. He needed to work under my direction and guidance. I was informed that the aircraft was signed off. At this time I told management and the flight dispatcher that the mechanic must sign off the log book with my name and number before it leaves. We still had no information on this mechanic except for his name. I repeated this to no avail to several maintenance operations personnel. They said we would worry about it later. I said we were in violation of several policies. No one seemed to care except for getting the aircraft out of ZZZZ. Cause - management pressure to get the aircraft out of ZZZZ before all proper procedures were accomplished.we need to follow published procedures even if it means cancelling a flight. Management need to stop pushing us to violate our company policies and procedures. When an issue is brought to their attention; they need to respond to the situation properly; instead of ignoring the concerns of the [maintenance technicians] involved.

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Title: Technician reported that a Boeing 777 made an unscheduled landing at a non-maintenance station and required a repetitive maintenance inspection. Proper documentation procedures were not followed.

Narrative: I was on duty when I was informed Aircraft X diverted to ZZZZ. The aircraft was overweight on landing and required a repetitive maintenance inspection accomplished prior to each departure. We have no approved maintenance providers in ZZZZ; and I could not locate a proper phone contact number. After a while we found a mechanic who could work on the aircraft; provided he give us his information so we could fill out a Provisional Approval form. Management constantly pushed me to worry about getting the aircraft out of ZZZZ; They said the provisional approval could be done after the aircraft left. I finally spoke to a mechanic; told him what we needed and sent a Provisional Form for him to fill out. I also told him that before the aircraft leaves; he must talk to me before signing of the log book. He needed to work under my direction and guidance. I was informed that the aircraft was signed off. At this time I told management and the flight dispatcher that the mechanic must sign off the log book with my name and number before it leaves. We still had no information on this mechanic except for his name. I repeated this to no avail to several Maintenance Operations personnel. They said we would worry about it later. I said we were in violation of several policies. No one seemed to care except for getting the aircraft out of ZZZZ. Cause - Management pressure to get the aircraft out of ZZZZ before all proper procedures were accomplished.We need to follow published procedures even if it means cancelling a flight. Management need to stop pushing us to violate our company policies and procedures. When an issue is brought to their attention; they need to respond to the situation properly; instead of ignoring the concerns of the [maintenance technicians] involved.

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.