Narrative:

A flight from ord to stl was on takeoff roll and had reached 90 KTS when the 13TH stage bleed air duct either cracked or ruptured causing a fire warning in the right engine. The flight successfully aborted takeoff and returned to the gate. The first indication that I as flight dispatcher of the flight had that something was wrong was a message on my CRT that the flight had returned to the gate. At no time was I called by the station personnel or the captain and advised as to what had happened. Several mins later another dispatcher sitting closer than I to our operational planning manager overheard him calling upper management and advising them the flight had aborted takeoff and that the flight was being cancelled. I approached the manager and asked him if the flight had aborted takeoff and he admitted that it had. I believe that under far 121.535 I should have been notified immediately. I was not. This kind of situation occurs frequently and not only is the quoted far not adhered to but the company's own operations policy was not followed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DISPATCHER IS MIFFED WHEN A FLT IS CANCELED WITHOUT CONSULTING HIM.

Narrative: A FLT FROM ORD TO STL WAS ON TKOF ROLL AND HAD REACHED 90 KTS WHEN THE 13TH STAGE BLEED AIR DUCT EITHER CRACKED OR RUPTURED CAUSING A FIRE WARNING IN THE R ENG. THE FLT SUCCESSFULLY ABORTED TKOF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. THE FIRST INDICATION THAT I AS FLT DISPATCHER OF THE FLT HAD THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WAS A MESSAGE ON MY CRT THAT THE FLT HAD RETURNED TO THE GATE. AT NO TIME WAS I CALLED BY THE STATION PERSONNEL OR THE CAPT AND ADVISED AS TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED. SEVERAL MINS LATER ANOTHER DISPATCHER SITTING CLOSER THAN I TO OUR OPERATIONAL PLANNING MGR OVERHEARD HIM CALLING UPPER MGMNT AND ADVISING THEM THE FLT HAD ABORTED TKOF AND THAT THE FLT WAS BEING CANCELLED. I APCHED THE MGR AND ASKED HIM IF THE FLT HAD ABORTED TKOF AND HE ADMITTED THAT IT HAD. I BELIEVE THAT UNDER FAR 121.535 I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY. I WAS NOT. THIS KIND OF SITUATION OCCURS FREQUENTLY AND NOT ONLY IS THE QUOTED FAR NOT ADHERED TO BUT THE COMPANY'S OWN OPS POLICY WAS NOT FOLLOWED.

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.