504.2b - apply emergency procedures | accidents, weather, equipment failure

When notified of an aircraft accident, obtain the following information:

• Aircraft identification

• Type of aircraft

• Date, time, and location

• Number of injuries

• Number of fatalities

• Other relevant information

• Name contact number of person reporting the accident

Where do you report an accident to?

The ACC shift manager, and, if appropriate, to concerned agencies.

If the accident occurs on or near the aerodrome, do the following ASAP:

• Verify and log the status of _______ and that could have been used by the aircraft

• Inform TOCC of the accident and of any abnormalities concerning ____

• Where applicable, conduct an aircraft accident weather observation or inform the weather observer that an aircraft accident weather observation is required

• Record all ____ and associated runway light settings

• Release the ______ to TOCC personnel for validation

• all electronic facilities for which you have monitoring responsibility

• an electronic facility

• RVR readings

• RVR system

If a VFR aircraft requests assistance when it encounters or is about to encounter IMC:

• Acknowledge the request and obtain information as indicated in Obtaining Information

• Inform and coordinate with _____, if applicable

• Switch the aircraft to ______ when communication capability exists, unless otherwise coordinated

• Provide additional assistance and coordination as required

• the appropriate ACC

• the ACC frequency

If the pilot of an IFR aircraft declares an emergency and you are unable to contact the appropriate ACC:

• Broadcast _______ on appropriate frequencies

• Continue to attempt to contact the ACC

• Inform the ACC when communication is re-established

• Broadcast ______ by the pilot

• a brief description of the emergency

• subsequent reported actions

If you learn that an IFR aircraft’s transmitter has failed, notify the appropriate ACC and relay information received from the ACC to the aircraft on _____.

121.5 MHz, 243.0 MHz, or any other appropriate frequency

Whenever an air-ground frequency fails at the unit, provide appropriate flight services with _______.

the back-up transceiver

What is the transponder code pilots should adjust to when unable to establish communication immediately with an ATC?

7700

How do IFR aircraft alert ATC they are lost or in distress and unable to make radio contact?

• Activate the identification, friend or foe (IFF) system and selective identification feature (SIF) to EMERGENCY;

• Guard emergency frequencies

• Fly 2 triangular patterns as depicted, resume course and repeat at 5-minute intervals

Which direction should IFR aircraft fly in during radar alerting manoeuvres when their transmitter is not operating and their receiver is?

The right

Which direction should IFR aircraft fly in during radar alerting manoeuvres when both their transmitter and receiver are not operating?

The left

If an ELT signal, heard or reported, does not conform to the duration and time for testing, _______ and follow the direction provided in the _____.

record the information, Aviation Occurrence Reporting Procedures manual

For ELTs that are less than 5 seconds and not pilot-reported:

1. Phone _____. If not available, notify RCC

2. _____

ACC duty shift manager, No AOR required

For ELTs that are less than 5 seconds and or pilot reported:

1. Phone _____. If not available, notify RCC

2. _____

ACC duty shift manager, file AOR

When recording a pilot’s report of an ELT signal, obtain the signal strength, position, altitude, and time for when the signal was first and last received.

If the ELT source cannot be identified:

• Coordinate with _____.

• Request aircraft in the area to listen on the distress frequencies and ______.

• Forward all reported information as it is received.

• adjacent ATS units

• to report on the signal

If a JRCC contacts you regarding 121.5 MHz or 243.0 MHz (military aircraft) signals:

• Monitor _____ during the period requested by the JRCC

• Advise the JRCC as to whether a signal was heard during the requested period.

• Request any aircraft within range of the MF to monitor _____, if able.

• Advise pilots transmitting unnecessarily on 121.5 MHz to change to another frequency

• If an ELT signal stops suddenly or fades out, _____

• 121.5 MHz and 243.0 MHz

• 121.5 MHz or 243.0 MHz

• advise JRCC

On hearing a pilot ejection (bailout) signal:

• Record the time the signal was ____ and the aircraft position if available on the situation display.

• Notify the , when the shift manager is not available.

• first and last heard

• ACC shift manager or JRCC

Acts of unlawful interference (hijack) are acts or attempted acts that ________.

jeopardizes the safety of civil aviation and air transport

How do you respond to hijack signals?

1. CONFIRM SQUAWK SEVEN-FIVE-ZERO-ZERO

2. ROGER TRANSPONDER SEVEN-FIVE-ZERO-ZERO

3. Inform concerned agencies

How do you respond after acknowledging 7500, pilot squawks 7700 or transmits ADS-B Mode EMR?

1. NOW READING YOU ON TRANSPONDER SEVEN-SEVEN-ZERO-ZERO

2. Inform concerned agencies

What alternate method can a hijacked aircraft indicate the need for armed intervention?

Flaps left down after landing on the ground

On learning that a pilot plans to dump fuel, obtain or determine the following information and pass it to the appropriate ATS units:

• The proposed ____ to be flown

• The period involved

• The _____ in which the operation will be conducted

• track and altitude

• weather conditions

Encourage pilots intending to dump fuel to fly a track as follows:

• On a _____

• Over _____

• Clear of _____

• constant heading

• an unpopulated area

• heavy traffic areas

When informed of a fuel-dumping operation, broadcast a warning on frequencies located _____ of the fuel dumping area.

When informed that the fuel dumping has ended, broadcast a notice to that effect.

within 50 NM

Define ESCAT (Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic)

Measures to be implemented in accordance with the North American Aerospace Defence (NORAD) Command Agreement in the case of an air defence emergency

Follow the procedures detailed in Annex B and C of the ESCAT Plan and supplement with local procedures in the following situations:

• You are advised by _____

• You receive a message indicating that an ESCAT test is to be conducted

• An _____ is declared and requires that ESCAT actions are to be carried out

• the designated ATS unit

• Air Defence Emergency

ESCAT implementation activation procedure:

• Broadcast message on all frequencies:

  • Wait 2 minutes, then broadcast message again

  • Wait 2 minutes, then broadcast message again

• Notify the agencies that have been identified in _______ that ESCAT has been implementing using phraseology ____

fan-out procedures, “ATTENTION - ESCAT IS NOW IN EFFECT”

What is the broadcast message phraseology when ESCAT is activated?

“ATTENTION ALL AIRCRAFT - AIR DEFENCE EMERGENCY - ALL AIRCRAFT WILL COMPLY WITH THE PROCEDURES FOR THE EMERGENCY SECURITY CONTROL OF AIR TRAFFIC. VFR TRAFFIC ON THIS FREQUENCY MUST LAND AT THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRFILE AND FILE AN IFR OR DVFR FLIGHT PLAN.”

ESCAT termination procedure:

• Broadcast on all frequencies

  • Wait 2 minutes, then broadcast again

  • Wait 2 minutes, then broadcast again

• Relay the message that ESCAT has been terminated to agencies previously notified, using the following phraseology: _______

• Upon completion of the above actions, notify ______ of time of completion

“ESCAT IS TERMINATED”, NAV CANADA NOC

What is the broadcast message phraseology when ESCAT is terminated?

“ATTENTION ALL AIRCRAFT - EMERGENCY SECURITY CONTROL OF AIR TRAFFIC HAS BEEN TERMINATED. ROUTINE AIRSPACE PROCEDURES ARE NOW IN EFFECT.”

CIRVIS (Communication Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings) is a plan developed for the reporting of ______ to extend the early-warning coverage of the North American continent.

vital intelligence sightings

Forward to the ACC shift manager any of the following CIRVIS information received from a pilot:

• Identification of the reporting aircraft

• A brief description of the sighting _____

• ______ of the sighted object or activity

• Date and time of sighting

• Direction and speed of the object

• Any other information

• (number, size, shape)

• Position and altitude

Reports of spectacular meteors (fireballs), which may be bright enough to cast shadows, that may be accompanied by a “sonic boom”, that may trail glowing particles, and that may explode with a burst of light and a loud sound several times in flight, should be reported by radio to _____ or to ______

the nearest ATS unit, Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee (MIAC)

Accept a pollution report from a pilot sighting a vessel discharging pollutants in _____.

Canadian waters, fishing zones, or Arctic shipping control zones

Who do we notify when we receive a pollution report from an aircraft?

The Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Services (MCTS) Centre