Narrative:

Aircraft #1 departed runway 9L on a 90 degree heading. Aircraft #2 departed runway 9R on a 120 degree heading but did not automatic-acquire with an ARTS tag. Departure controller turned aircraft #1 while in tower airspace to a heading of 220 degrees. Aircraft #2 was 1 mi southeast of airport, primary target only and on tower frequency. Local control position very busy due to departures having to cross arrival runway to reach runway 9R for departure, fog and snow made it impossible to visually scan area. The ASDE3 is not yet certified and the old asde barely functions. Aircraft #2 was advised to recycle his transponder. 3 mi southeast I saw the aircraft automatic acquire and at the same time I observed aircraft #1 sbound climbing out of 5400 ft 1 mi northeast of aircraft #2 who was level at 5000 ft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: OPERROR OCCURRED WHEN DEP CTLR TURNED A B737 OFF RWY 9L TO A HDG OF 220 DEGS FROM THE INITIALLY ASSIGNED DEP HDG OF 90 DEGS. AN LR25 DEPARTING THE R RWY HAD BEEN ASSIGNED A HDG OF 120 DEGS. THE ARTS TAG OF THE LR25 DID NOT AUTO ACQUIRE. THE LCL CTLR SAW THE ACFT AUTO ACQUIRE LEVEL AT 5000 FT. THE B737 WAS OBSERVED 1 MI NE OF THE LEAR CLBING OUT OF 5400 FT.

Narrative: ACFT #1 DEPARTED RWY 9L ON A 90 DEG HDG. ACFT #2 DEPARTED RWY 9R ON A 120 DEG HDG BUT DID NOT AUTO-ACQUIRE WITH AN ARTS TAG. DEP CTLR TURNED ACFT #1 WHILE IN TWR AIRSPACE TO A HDG OF 220 DEGS. ACFT #2 WAS 1 MI SE OF ARPT, PRIMARY TARGET ONLY AND ON TWR FREQ. LCL CTL POS VERY BUSY DUE TO DEPS HAVING TO CROSS ARR RWY TO REACH RWY 9R FOR DEP, FOG AND SNOW MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO VISUALLY SCAN AREA. THE ASDE3 IS NOT YET CERTIFIED AND THE OLD ASDE BARELY FUNCTIONS. ACFT #2 WAS ADVISED TO RECYCLE HIS XPONDER. 3 MI SE I SAW THE ACFT AUTO ACQUIRE AND AT THE SAME TIME I OBSERVED ACFT #1 SBOUND CLBING OUT OF 5400 FT 1 MI NE OF ACFT #2 WHO WAS LEVEL AT 5000 FT.

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.