Large Transport
Dispatch Dispatcher
Training / Qualification; Workload; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Aircraft; Human Factors; Procedure
Dispatcher was notified that one of his flights was a non-ETOPS aircraft flying ETOPS; about two hours prior to arrival. Flight was past his Equal Time Point (ETP) and continued to destination. Captain was contacted and made aware of the situation.Aircraft was routed on an ETOPS routing; passed its ETOPS inspection and had a logbook that stated ETOPS across the front of it. Flight was dispatched on an ETOPS flight without any computer checks that should have caught it. Extenuating circumstances include workload and weather/ATC restrictions involving a hurricane enroute. Bottom line was human error in this case. This incident occurred due to a string of errors that should have been caught. Maintenance Control routing restrictions; Captain or Dispatcher diligence and computer programing errors all contributed to this incident.
Dispatcher is informed that one of his ETOPS flights is being flown by a non ETOPS aircraft. The Flight is past the midpoint and continues to destination.