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Dispatcher for cargo company receives an ACARS from the PIC of a B767-300 advising that they are planning on flying through iranian airspace versus the planned route through saudi arabia. Dispatcher does not respond to ACARS, as he thinks it is a joke. Flight was 408 NM east of sda (saddam) VOR, baghdad, iraq.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 578131 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200303 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl single value : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other |
| ASRS Report | 578131 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : disp 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact none taken : insufficient time |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company Airspace Structure |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Aircraft noted to me, via ACARS 'we are in iranian airspace on the saddam VOR 099/408 degree radial. Hope tehran doesn't ask for our overfly permit number.' since the planned route was planned over saudi arabia, and nowhere near iran. I discarded the message as humor. The captain deviated from the flight plan, and the dispatcher was not notified until the aircraft was halfway through iranian airspace.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DISPATCHER FOR CARGO COMPANY RECEIVES AN ACARS FROM THE PIC OF A B767-300 ADVISING THAT THEY ARE PLANNING ON FLYING THROUGH IRANIAN AIRSPACE VERSUS THE PLANNED RTE THROUGH SAUDI ARABIA. DISPATCHER DOES NOT RESPOND TO ACARS, AS HE THINKS IT IS A JOKE. FLT WAS 408 NM E OF SDA (SADDAM) VOR, BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
Narrative: ACFT NOTED TO ME, VIA ACARS 'WE ARE IN IRANIAN AIRSPACE ON THE SADDAM VOR 099/408 DEG RADIAL. HOPE TEHRAN DOESN'T ASK FOR OUR OVERFLY PERMIT NUMBER.' SINCE THE PLANNED RTE WAS PLANNED OVER SAUDI ARABIA, AND NOWHERE NEAR IRAN. I DISCARDED THE MESSAGE AS HUMOR. THE CAPT DEVIATED FROM THE FLT PLAN, AND THE DISPATCHER WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL THE ACFT WAS HALFWAY THROUGH IRANIAN AIRSPACE.
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.