Narrative:

Maintenance determined after we took off from ewr en route to nrt that our #1 engine was not up to the long overwater flight. While we were between ymm and yye, our flight dispatch had a message relayed to us to divert to sea. We called our maintenance department through high level FSS. They offered little information re: the problem with the engine. We complied with company and landed at sea after dumping 80000 pounds of fuel. Company procedures and facs are not conducive to good communications with dispatch. Even though we were in constant VHF contact with ATC, the company evidently had a problem reaching our flight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR WDB DIVERTED TO SEA WHILE ENROUTE EWR NRT BECAUSE COMPANY MAINTENANCE RECORDS INDICATED THE #1 ENGINE NOT OK TO CONTINUE EXTENDED OVERWATER FLT.

Narrative: MAINT DETERMINED AFTER WE TOOK OFF FROM EWR ENRTE TO NRT THAT OUR #1 ENG WAS NOT UP TO THE LONG OVERWATER FLT. WHILE WE WERE BTWN YMM AND YYE, OUR FLT DISPATCH HAD A MESSAGE RELAYED TO US TO DIVERT TO SEA. WE CALLED OUR MAINT DEPT THROUGH HIGH LEVEL FSS. THEY OFFERED LITTLE INFO RE: THE PROB WITH THE ENG. WE COMPLIED WITH COMPANY AND LANDED AT SEA AFTER DUMPING 80000 LBS OF FUEL. COMPANY PROCS AND FACS ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO GOOD COMS WITH DISPATCH. EVEN THOUGH WE WERE IN CONSTANT VHF CONTACT WITH ATC, THE COMPANY EVIDENTLY HAD A PROB REACHING OUR FLT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.