REPORTER CTLR GAVE DESCENT CLRNC TO THE WRONG ACFT RESULTING IN LESS THAN STANDARD SEPARATION IN OCEANIC AIRSPACE.
Synopsis
REPORTER CTLR GAVE DESCENT CLRNC TO THE WRONG ACFT RESULTING IN LESS THAN STANDARD SEPARATION IN OCEANIC AIRSPACE.
Narrative
DUE TO WX; ACFT CALLING ON BOTH FREQS CUTTING ONE ANOTHER OUT; HAD TO PUT 1 FREQ ON SPEAKER. SIMILAR SOUNDING CALL SIGNS--LGT X (BBDG) AND LGT Z (BDCG). FAILED HDOF WITH MIA. HAD TO MANUALLY COORDINATE. NOT LISTENING TO ACFT CALL SIGH WHEN ACFT READ BACK CLRNC. THE PROB WAS DISCOVERED WHEN I SCANNED THE SCOPE AND OBSERVED LGT Z (BDCG) LEAVING FL350; TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION. THE SITUATION OCCURRED BECAUSE OF HUMAN ERROR--MINE. I MISSED A READBACK OF A CLRNC BECAUSE I WAS PREOCCUPIED WITH AN ACFT 300 MI AWAY. I HEARD THE READBACK OF THE CLRNC BUT I MISSED THE CALL SIGN. ALSO I WAS WORKING 2 FREQS. IF EVERYONE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON ONE FREQ THIS MAY HAVE BEEN ADVERTED. HISTORY--134.3 HAS A BLIND SPOT; ABOUT 170-240 MI NW OF SJU IN THE VICINITY OF ELMUC. A VCR WAS FILED ON THAT. THE RESPONSE WAS TO PUT A FREQ (135.7) AT BQN. LGT X (BBDG) REQUESTED LOWER. CLRED LGT X (BBDG) TO CROSS 40 MI NW OF SJU AT 10000'. PUT LGT Z (BDCG) ON A 170 DEG HDG. WENT BACK TO LTT V TO WORK ON GETTING HIM ON G449. D-SIDE CALLED TTPP TO ADVISE ACFT WAS W OF COURSE FOR WX. OBSERVED LGT Z (BDCG) LEAVING FL350. ASKED HIM HIS ALT; THEN TURNED HIM TO A HDG OF 100 DEGS. I THEN DSNDED WDB R TO FL290; TO DSND NOW THROUGH FL310. CALLED TFC. TOOK CARE OF REMAINING TFC. TURNED MYSELF IN. AFTER LISTENING TO THE TAPES I DISCOVERED THAT LGT Z (BDCG) REQUESTED LOWER AND THAT I DSNDED LGT Z (BDCG) AND PLT READ BACK THE CLRNC.
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