Miscom with foreign clearance delivery ATC. Flight crew almost flew wrong routing in canada but cont...

Attributes
ACN	298055
Time
Date	199503
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : yzt
State Reference	BC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 37000 msl bound upper : 37000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : rjtg artcc : czvr
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute airway : rjtg
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 18000
ASRS Report	298055
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flight from kix to sea our dispatch release said to 'get a full read back' because they had changed the filed route (on the release document). Kix clearance just repeated cleared as filed. Since departure was clearly stated in the clearance we thought we would try again with tyo center. Their response was the same as clearance delivery so I gave them a full read back of our filed clearance and they confirmed it. When we got with vancouver center, he cleared us direct victoria flight planned route. Victoria was not on our flight plan so we requested direct, and received, clearance to tou, which was on our filed copy of the flight plan. This was taken care of before we would have gone off course, so there really wasn't a problem but it certainly could have ben an off course situation. The language difference with us and the controllers in japan was most of the problem but next time I will continue confirming my clearance all the way across. Also our dispatch should have put the proper filed route on the release instead of a remark on the release to get a full readback. They had to issue a new release with the remark on it anyway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MISCOM WITH FOREIGN CLRNC DELIVERY ATC. FLC ALMOST FLEW WRONG ROUTING IN CANADA BUT CTLR PROVIDED DIRECT ROUTING.

Narrative: FLT FROM KIX TO SEA OUR DISPATCH RELEASE SAID TO 'GET A FULL READ BACK' BECAUSE THEY HAD CHANGED THE FILED RTE (ON THE RELEASE DOCUMENT). KIX CLRNC JUST REPEATED CLRED AS FILED. SINCE DEP WAS CLRLY STATED IN THE CLRNC WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TRY AGAIN WITH TYO CTR. THEIR RESPONSE WAS THE SAME AS CLRNC DELIVERY SO I GAVE THEM A FULL READ BACK OF OUR FILED CLRNC AND THEY CONFIRMED IT. WHEN WE GOT WITH VANCOUVER CTR, HE CLRED US DIRECT VICTORIA FLT PLANNED RTE. VICTORIA WAS NOT ON OUR FLT PLAN SO WE REQUESTED DIRECT, AND RECEIVED, CLRNC TO TOU, WHICH WAS ON OUR FILED COPY OF THE FLT PLAN. THIS WAS TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE WE WOULD HAVE GONE OFF COURSE, SO THERE REALLY WASN'T A PROB BUT IT CERTAINLY COULD HAVE BEN AN OFF COURSE SIT. THE LANGUAGE DIFFERENCE WITH US AND THE CTLRS IN JAPAN WAS MOST OF THE PROB BUT NEXT TIME I WILL CONTINUE CONFIRMING MY CLRNC ALL THE WAY ACROSS. ALSO OUR DISPATCH SHOULD HAVE PUT THE PROPER FILED RTE ON THE RELEASE INSTEAD OF A REMARK ON THE RELEASE TO GET A FULL READBACK. THEY HAD TO ISSUE A NEW RELEASE WITH THE REMARK ON IT ANYWAY.

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.

Miscom with foreign clearance delivery ATC. Flight crew almost flew wrong routing in canada but controller provided direct routing.