B747-400
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 213; Flight Crew Total 24400; Flight Crew Type 6352
Human-Machine Interface; Distraction; Confusion; Workload
ATC Issue All Types; Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance
Aircraft; Chart Or Publication; Procedure
We were cleared for the BULS1P STAR. This STAR was not available in the FMC. We advised Approach Control that we were unable BULS1P STAR. We were then given 'direct to PULUN for the ILS Runway 33R.' As we approached PULUN we were cleared 'after PULUN cleared to descend for the ILS Runway 33R.' The approach and landing were uneventful.Safety concerns for this flight was that the database (expired the next day) used during this flight did not contain the BULS1P STAR and the line selected ILS Runway 33R was not current. The ILS Runway 33R displayed by the FMC showed: 108.9/332 degrees with fixes of RIVER-FF33R-RW33R and the MAP instructions were also modestly different. As we compared the current approach chart with the FMC display (from the line selected ILS Runway 33R); we noticed the previously mentioned discrepancies. The FMC line selected approach was not current.
A B747-400 flight crew which departed only hours before the FMS database switchover time arrived at their destination to find the STAR assigned by ATC was not in their FMS database and their assigned ILS was marginally different in course details and the Missed Approach Procedure.