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A dispatcher reported that an A321 captain exercised his emergency authority and diverted without dispatch's approval to an airport not listed as an alternate after the destination and alternate weather deteriorated.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 974861 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201110 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Dispatcher |
| Qualification | Dispatch Dispatcher |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Crew advised they could not land at the filed destination due to weather. I consulted with systems control who advised he wanted me to divert the flight to a nearby airport. The crew told me they were diverting to a more distant airport; which was not listed on the release. I replied 'negative company wants you to go to ZZZ.' he advised that weather ceiling was low at at both nearby airports. I told him we were well above CAT ii minimums for the nearby alternate runway xxr. He ignored me and proceeded to the more distant airport under the captain's emergency authority.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Dispatcher reported that an A321 Captain exercised his Emergency Authority and diverted without Dispatch's approval to an airport not listed as an alternate after the destination and alternate weather deteriorated.
Narrative: Crew advised they could not land at the filed destination due to weather. I consulted with Systems Control who advised he wanted me to divert the flight to a nearby airport. The crew told me they were diverting to a more distant airport; which was not listed on the release. I replied 'Negative Company wants you to go to ZZZ.' He advised that weather ceiling was low at at both nearby airports. I told him we were well above CAT II minimums for the nearby alternate Runway XXR. He ignored me and proceeded to the more distant airport under the Captain's emergency authority.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.