Phrase 1 of 7Communication failure
Transmitting blind
Use this when nobody answers but your transmitter may still work. Say TRANSMITTING BLIND, or TRANSMITTING BLIND DUE TO RECEIVER FAILURE when you know your receiver has failed, then the message twice and the time of your next call.
transmitting blind (or transmitting blind due to receiver failure), station, callsign, position at time, level, estimate, intentions, next transmission at time; I say again, the whole message
callsign, station, if you read, a turn or squawk ident; ATC also sends you information blind
- You
Transmitting blind due to receiver failure, Delhi Control, IFLY 160, Jaipur at zero five zero zero, flight level three two zero, estimating the Delhi Mumbai FIR boundary at zero six zero zero, continuing as per flight plan, next transmission at zero five three zero
- You
I say again, transmitting blind due to receiver failure, Delhi Control, IFLY 160, Jaipur at zero five zero zero, flight level three two zero, estimating the Delhi Mumbai FIR boundary at zero six zero zero, continuing as per flight plan, next transmission at zero five three zero
- ATC
IFLY 160, Delhi Control, if you read, squawk ident
- ✓First try the last frequency that worked, then another one for the route, then other stations or aircraft (Annex 10 Vol II 5.2.2.7.1.1).
- ✓With no reply, say TRANSMITTING BLIND and the message twice (5.2.2.7.1.2). With a failed receiver, say TRANSMITTING BLIND DUE TO RECEIVER FAILURE, the message, a full repeat, the time of your next call and your intentions (Annex 10 Vol II 5.2.2.7.1.3).
- ✓Squawk 7600 (MATS 8.3.5.1).
- ✓ATC separates you on the assumption that you follow MATS 15.3.3: in VMC, stay in VMC and land at the nearest suitable aerodrome; in IMC, keep the last level and speed for a set time, then follow your flight plan.
Now say it out loud, with the examiner playing ATC.
Practise in the simulator