B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Total 17085
Human-Machine Interface
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew FLC Overrode Automation; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification
Airspace Structure; Human Factors
We were on downwind on vectors. We were expecting vectors to base. ATC issued heading of left turn 010 degrees. I slewed the bug over to the heading. First thought it was quite a big turn. Low ceilings made me think it might be a delay vector. The turn ended up being more than 180 degrees which results in the plane turn opposite the direction I moved the heading bug. Upon noticing the plane turn direction opposite what was commanded; I switched off the autopilot and corrected to a left turn. The controller corrected the heading to 110 degrees. Flight was maintained in level flight.
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B787 flight crew reported that ATC issued an incorrect heading resulting in the aircraft turning the wrong direction.