Incident
at 80 Nautical Miles Northeast of NOVAK
(ATS operating irregularity)
BAW2167, Boeing 777-200, enroute from London (EGKK) to Tampa (KTPA), was on a routing from CYYT direct NOVOK M201 BAHAA AR15 ORL DADES1 KTPA. Due to a co-ordination problem with the New York Area Control Centre (ACC), the flight had to be re-routed from NOVOK direct VITOL to keep the flight away from New York Oceanic and in radar coverage. The flight was about 60 nautical miles west of NOVOK before a clearance was obtained and the flight was re-cleared direct DRYED and the balance of flight planned route. Nil TSB.