Flight crew receives oceanic clearance from control 30 mins late.

Attributes
ACN	550342
Time
Date	200206
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	intersection : balix
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl single value : 36000
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : eggx.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute : atlantic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	550342
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : relief pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
ASRS Report	550204
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

Due to difficulties with attempting to obtain oceanic clearance from shanwick via data link, we did not receive oceanic clearance until 12 mins prior to oceanic entry point.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC RECEIVES OCEANIC CLRNC FROM CTL 30 MINS LATE.

Narrative: DUE TO DIFFICULTIES WITH ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN OCEANIC CLRNC FROM SHANWICK VIA DATA LINK, WE DID NOT RECEIVE OCEANIC CLRNC UNTIL 12 MINS PRIOR TO OCEANIC ENTRY POINT.

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.