An air carrier flight crew flying B767 over france reports confusion and possible airspace violation concerning their company generated flight plan and that cleared by ATC.

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Attributes
ACN	451140
Time
Date	199910
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : egtt.artcc
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl single value : 35000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : egtt.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	451140
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 7500
ASRS Report	451423
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : separated traffic flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to intended or assigned course
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flight plan routing lizad direct shannon. Controller stated this was illegal and should never have been approved. When queried via ACARS, dispatcher agreed, saying routing should have been lizad UG4 shannon. Controller very upset. Got a 30 degree left vector, then cleared direct crk. Controller stated he had cleared us to lnd (lands end) but we neither received nor acknowledged this clearance. To my knowledge, no traffic conflict occurred. Controller stated we were going to enter a danger area.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR FLC FLYING B767 OVER FRANCE RPTS CONFUSION AND POSSIBLE AIRSPACE VIOLATION CONCERNING THEIR COMPANY GENERATED FLT PLAN AND THAT CLRED BY ATC.

Narrative: FLT PLAN ROUTING LIZAD DIRECT SHANNON. CTLR STATED THIS WAS ILLEGAL AND SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN APPROVED. WHEN QUERIED VIA ACARS, DISPATCHER AGREED, SAYING ROUTING SHOULD HAVE BEEN LIZAD UG4 SHANNON. CTLR VERY UPSET. GOT A 30 DEG L VECTOR, THEN CLRED DIRECT CRK. CTLR STATED HE HAD CLRED US TO LND (LANDS END) BUT WE NEITHER RECEIVED NOR ACKNOWLEDGED THIS CLRNC. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO TFC CONFLICT OCCURRED. CTLR STATED WE WERE GOING TO ENTER A DANGER AREA.

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.