Air carrier widebody transport received a track changed after advising dispatch that their APU was inoperative. Aircraft was at start of extended over water operation.

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Attributes
ACN	176099
Time
Date	199104
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : atl
State Reference	GA
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : czqm
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	176099
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Received computer message 3 hours, 10 mins past departure. MEL APU inoperative. Aircraft was widebody transport/er. Flight en route atl-ory. Amended release via ACARS.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR WDB RECEIVED A TRACK CHANGED AFTER ADVISING DISPATCH THAT THEIR APU WAS INOP. ACFT WAS AT START OF EXTENDED OVER WATER OPERATION.

Narrative: RECEIVED COMPUTER MESSAGE 3 HRS, 10 MINS PAST DEP. MEL APU INOP. ACFT WAS WDB/ER. FLT ENRTE ATL-ORY. AMENDED RELEASE VIA ACARS.

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.