Widebody transport flight crew departing sha had misunderstanding of vectors because of language dif...

Attributes
ACN	188349
Time
Date	199108
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sha
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sha artcc : zla
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time total : 5000
ASRS Report	188349
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

An unexpected, low altitude restriction issued immediately after takeoff, not understood the same by all crew members, conversion of clearance in meters to ft led to wrong NAVAID (ADF) on needles. Proceeded on wrong heading for a short time. Then proceeded toward correct station, controller instructed turn away from this station. More confusion resulted. Later our company operations told us that shanghai approach reported we had flown through restr airspace and crossed the approach to a military airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB FLC DEPARTING SHA HAD MISUNDERSTANDING OF VECTORS BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES.

Narrative: AN UNEXPECTED, LOW ALT RESTRICTION ISSUED IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF, NOT UNDERSTOOD THE SAME BY ALL CREW MEMBERS, CONVERSION OF CLRNC IN METERS TO FT LED TO WRONG NAVAID (ADF) ON NEEDLES. PROCEEDED ON WRONG HDG FOR A SHORT TIME. THEN PROCEEDED TOWARD CORRECT STATION, CTLR INSTRUCTED TURN AWAY FROM THIS STATION. MORE CONFUSION RESULTED. LATER OUR COMPANY OPS TOLD US THAT SHANGHAI APCH RPTED WE HAD FLOWN THROUGH RESTR AIRSPACE AND CROSSED THE APCH TO A MIL ARPT.

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.

Widebody transport flight crew departing sha had misunderstanding of vectors because of language difficulties.