Company dispatch released a test flight plan in error, which canceled the flight plan for an aircraf...

Attributes
ACN	437000
Time
Date	199905
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zzz.artcc
State Reference	FO
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : egtt.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	437000
Person 2
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	436999
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Was asked to participate in testing for potential canadian ATC strike. Utilized navigation data facility to run information flight plans using different rtes without transiting canadian airspace on real time flts. I inadvertently rereleased flight xx instead of running information flight plan to get fuel burns and preferred altitudes. Lmr operations called dispatcher working flight yy and advised that the rerelease had canceled ATC strip for flight. As soon as this was recognized that I had wrongly rereleased the flight, I did an internal decs release with the correct and original route number.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMPANY DISPATCH RELEASED A TEST FLT PLAN IN ERROR, WHICH CANCELED THE FLT PLAN FOR AN ACFT IN OCEANIC AIRSPACE.

Narrative: WAS ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN TESTING FOR POTENTIAL CANADIAN ATC STRIKE. UTILIZED NAV DATA FACILITY TO RUN INFO FLT PLANS USING DIFFERENT RTES WITHOUT TRANSITING CANADIAN AIRSPACE ON REAL TIME FLTS. I INADVERTENTLY RERELEASED FLT XX INSTEAD OF RUNNING INFO FLT PLAN TO GET FUEL BURNS AND PREFERRED ALTS. LMR OPS CALLED DISPATCHER WORKING FLT YY AND ADVISED THAT THE RERELEASE HAD CANCELED ATC STRIP FOR FLT. AS SOON AS THIS WAS RECOGNIZED THAT I HAD WRONGLY RERELEASED THE FLT, I DID AN INTERNAL DECS RELEASE WITH THE CORRECT AND ORIGINAL RTE NUMBER.

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.

Company dispatch released a test flight plan in error, which canceled the flight plan for an aircraft in oceanic airspace.