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This item is prepared in accordance with the air traffic rules and procedures in use in Brazil conform to the Regional Supplementary Procedures ( SUPPS ) applicable to the SAM Region, except for the differences listed in GEN 1.7 – DIFFERENCES FROM ICAO STANDARDS, RECOMMENDED PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES.
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2 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR BRAZILIAN FIR’S
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2.1.1. This Contingency Plan was developed based on the guidelines approved by the ICAO Council, contained in Annex 11 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Attachment D, the Air Traffic Services Planning Manual (Doc 9426, Part II, Section I, Chapter 1, paragraph 1.3) and the Plan Marco de Contingencia ATS - Región SAM.
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2.2.1. The purpose of this Contingency Plan is to establish procedures for entry, overflight, landing and takeoffs of the aircraft with destination to or coming from international/ national FIR, during a partial or total disruption of ATS services in Brazilian FIR (SBBS, SBCW, SBRE, SBAO and SBAZ), regarding to maintain the air traffic flow orderly and safe.
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2.2.2. This plan does not intend to establish procedures that encompass all possible contingencies, since they are numerous. Thus, it aims to define general principles for the establishment of contingency measures that may be applied in cases of foreseeable or unforeseeable events that, in some way, may affect the provision of air traffic services in the contingency FIR.
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2.2.3. The procedures related to partial disruption, a situation in which only the provision of Flight Information and Alert Services is considered, foresee the establishment of contingency routes for crossing the contingent FIR, routes between specified Terminal Control Areas and between these areas and the adjacent FIR.
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2.2.4. The procedures related to total disruption, a situation in which the ATS services are not provided (ATS zero), foresee the establishment of contingency routes between Brazilian FIR, - among them - and adjacent FIR, including predetermined flight levels and minimum longitudinal separation, landings and takeoffs are not permitted at aerodromes located in the contingency FIR.
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2.2.5. The effective application of the present procedures requires close coordination and collaboration between the CGNA and the ACC responsible for FIR adjacent to the FIR in contingency situation, jointly with the airspace users.
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2.3 APPLICABLE RULES AND PROCEDURES
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2.3.1. The FIR directly affected by this Contingency Plan are as follows: Amazônica/Brazil, Atlântico/Brazil, Brasília/ Brazil, Curitiba/Brazil, Recife/Brazil, La Paz/Bolivia, Lima/ Peru, Resistencia/Argentina, Bogota/Colombia, Maiquetia/ Venezuela,Georgetown/Guyana, Paramaribo/Suriname, Cayenne/French Guiana,Asunción/Paraguay, Montevideo/ Uruguay, Dakar/Senegal, Johannesburg/South Africa,Luanda/Angola and Abidjan/Côte d'Ivoire.
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2.3.2. To ensure that the operational procedures of this Plan will be applied in a safe and orderly manner, the following shall be observed:
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2.3.2.1. The national ATM Contingency Unit designated by the Brazilian Administration (Department of Airspace Control - DECEA) to activate, manage, monitor and coordinate the actions that result in the application of the Contingency Plan, as well start and coordinate the actions of the ATS Contingency Operational Group is:
CGNA (Air Navigation Management Center).
Contact: Decision and Coordination Cell - DCC National Management
Telephones: 55 21 21 2101-6449; 55 21 21 2101-6409; REDDIG: 3058
Fax: 55 21 21 2101-6577
Email: dcc@cgna.decea.mil.br.
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2.3.2.2. Means of Contact and AFTN Address of the Brazilian’s ACC:
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ACC
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TELEFONES/
TELEPHONES
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REDDIG
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AFTN
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BRASÍLIA
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556133648404
556133648304
556133648367
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3031
3032
3033
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SBBSZQZX |
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CURITIBA
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554133563475
554132515342
554132515308
554132515484
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3060
3051
3056
3052
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SBCWZQZX |
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RECIFE
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558121298388
558121298101
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3851
3871
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SBREZQZX |
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AMAZÔNICO
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559236525318
559236521401
559236525740
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Região Belém: 3651
Região Manaus: 3653
Região Porto Velho: 3655
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SBAZZQZX |
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ATLÂNTICO
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558121298330
558121298336
558121298388
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3878
3879
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SBAOZQZX |
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2.3.2.3. In a ground/air communications failure, air traffic services shall rely on the VHF and HF frequencies available, respectively, in each ACC or APP that has been assigned the provision of ATS in a given portion of the airspace, as listed in the applicable publications, or any other frequency designated by the central agency.
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2.3.2.4. Operators and pilots-in-command are responsible for evaluating in advance the pertinence of flying in a contingency airspace since the responsibility for providing their own separation will be the Pilot-in-Command duty.
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2.3.2.5. While the contingency situation endures, the RPL lists shall be suspended, and the users must submit, in all cases, the Complete Flight Plans (FPL) in accordance to the Playbook Routes (Contingency Plan), published in the AISWEB Portal. Likewise, no flights by non-approved RVSM aircraft will be allowed in the contingency airspace, with no exceptions.
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2.3.3 SELF-TRANSFER PROCEDURES
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2.3.3.1. When ATS units were unable to coordinate air traffic due to Fixed Communications Service failures, the following self-transferring procedures shall applied:
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2.3.3.1.1. The ATS unit shall:
a) inform the pilot that the Fixed Service with the adjacent ATS unit is not available; and
b) provide appropriate information and instructions for the pilot to establish contact with the adjacent unit.
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2.3.3.1.2. The pilot in command shall:
a) attempt to establish contact with the adjacent unit at least five (5) minutes before the ETO over the transfer communication point;
b) inform the ATS unit that it is performing an self-transfer; and
c) transmit the following information: Aircraft identification, origin, destination, route, flight level, transponder code, RVSM approval status and the estimated to the selftransfer communication point.
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2.4 CONTINGENCY PLAN PRE-ACTIVATION PHASE
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2.4.1. In a event of a total or partial disruption, if necessary, while the Contingency Plan has not been activated, the aircraft flying in a contingency FIR shall apply the procedures for air-ground communications failure established in Annex 2 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, apart from the exceptionspublished in GEN 1-7, and as well as maintain permanent radio watch on the frequencycorresponding to the sector they are flying over and the air-to-air frequency (123.45 MHz - TIBA) for Flight Information Broadcast Procedures.
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2.5.1.1. The provisions applicable to ATS units and aircraft taking off, landing or overflying the Brazilian FIR due to a partial or total disruption in the provision of Air Traffic Services shall be disclosed by CGNA, through the publication of specific NOTAM.
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2.5.1.2. In the event of a partial disruption in the provision of air traffic services in the Brazilian FIR, only Flight Information Service and Alert Service will be provided. In the event of total disruption, no air traffic services will be provided (ATS zero).
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2.5.1.3. The minimum longitudinal separation applied between aircraft entering the contingency FIR shall be 10 minutes for aircraft using the same FL.
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2.5.1.4. Depending on the speed difference, flight time on the segment under contingency and the level of Service degradation, the respective Supervisors may, by mutual agreement, increase or decrease the longitudinal separation, without affecting the regular separations.
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2.6.1. DUTIES OF THE CGNA (AIR NAVIGATION MANAGEMENT CENTER)
a) assess the scenario presented and establish preliminary measures with the objective of normalizing air operations and mitigate the effects of occasional degradations in Brazilian ACCs, in the pre-activation phase of the Contingency Plan.
b) suspend the entering into contingent FIR until the situation is duly assessed and the Contingency Plan is activated.
c) establish flow management for entry and landing and takeoff in order to prevent overloading of the ACC and APP control sectors.
d) assess the need for the establishment and activation of an ATS Contingency Operations Group (GOC), which will supervise activities during the contingency period.
e) coordinate contingency situations with, adequate anticipation, as soon as feasible, with the Central Units
Offices responsible for the adjacent FIR, with the ICAO (SAM Regional Office) and the representatives of the airlines.
f) take the appropriate actions to disseminate the corresponding NOTAM, according to the contingency. If the
situation is foreseeable, the NOTAM shall be released up to 48 hours in advance.
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2.6.2 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE INVOLVED ATS UNITS
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a) transmit, according to the usual procedures, air traffic messages to the ACC in contingency, and also an estimated time (EST) message to the first FIR located right after the FIR in contingency situation;
b) authorize an aircraft to enter the contingency FIR, in accordance to in items 5.7 and 5.8 of this Contingency Plan and in the Playbook Route (Contingency Plan) (Contingency Plan) published on DECEA's AISWEB Portal;
c) expect for CGNA's guidelines for the application of the corresponding measures in the contingency, until such time as the system has returned to normality;
d) organize, through the ATS coordination circuits or other available means, at least within 30 minutes in advance to the estimated time over the entry/exit points of the FIR in
contingency situation;
e) in the event of a total disruption, the transferring ATS shall instruct the pilots to maintain the last authorized level and in use/assigned while flying over the FIR in contingency;
f) to an overflight, observe that the aircraft must have been leveled at least 10 minutes before entering the FIR in
contingency situation;
g) instruct aircraft in order to try to establish contact with the adjacent ATS units at least five (5) minutes in advance to the estimated time of entry into the subsequent FIR;
h) enforce that, in a situation of a total or partial disruption of air traffic services, the entry into the FIR in contingency shall be suspended until the situation is duly assessed and the Contingency Plan is implemented by the CGNA – Central Unit;
i) ensure that, during the activation of the Contingency Plan, no flights will be allowed of non-approved RVSM aircraft between FL290 and FL410 without exception.
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2.6.3 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNMENTS
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2.6.3.1. Aircraft flying over Brazilian FIR and those coming from or with destination going to the Terminal Control Areas
included in this Plan must comply with the following:
a) IFR flights will only be authorized for regular air transport, national or international, search and rescue flights, State aircraft and humanitarian flights. Other types of flights must be previously coordinated and specifically authorized by the CGNA;
b) during activation of this Plan, only RVSM approved aircraft will be allowed to fly between FL290 and FL410;
c) a permanent radio watch must be kept on VHF or HF frequency corresponding to the sector that is being overflown or any other designated, in addition to the air-to-air frequency (123.45 MHZ) and report any climbing or descent maneuver as the circumstances may require. The message shall contain: aircraft identification, position, level vacated, crossing level and any other relevant information;
d) coordinate with other aircraft using the corresponding ATC frequency and air/air frequency (123.45 MHz);
e) keep the navigation and anti-collision lights permanently turned on while operating in the FIR in contingency situation;
f) keep the transponder ON and set on the code 2000, if no other SSR code has been previously allocated;
g) for flights in the upper airspace, it is mandatory to be equipped with ACAS; and
h) the FPL must be filled out in accordance to the current legislation and as well as the Playbook Route (Contingency Plan) published on DECEA's AISWEB Portal.
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2.7 SPECIFIC PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN CASE OF PARTIAL DISRUPTION OF AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES IN BRAZILIAN FIR
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2.7.1. During the implementation of this Contingency Plan, the following shall be observed:
a) aircraft landing at and/or taking off from aerodromes located in the TMA specified below, may only fly under IFR flight rules, applying the flight level table in Appendix 3, provided in Appendix 3 of ICAO Annex 2, and they must use the ATS routes included in the Playbook Routes (Contingency Plan) published on DECEA's AISWEB Portal (https://aisweb.decea.mil.br).
b) flights with origin and/or destination different from the locations described in items 5.7.4.1, 5.7.5.1, 5.7.6.1 and
5.7.7.1 may only be performed under VFR flight rules and below FL 145 inclusive, being aware that is the pilot-incommand responsibility to provide his own separation. For these aircraft, ATS services will not be provided in the FIR in contingency, and it is prohibited to submit an AFIL Flight Plan to ACC in contingency situation;
c) all aircraft must keep a close watch to the TIBA frequency (123.45 MHz), in addition to the frequency of the control sector it is flying over; and
d) for aircraft taking off from or landing in the contingency FIR, the subsequent paragraphs for each FIR must be
observed.
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2.7.2 BRASÍLIA FIR - SBBS
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2.7.2.1. During a partial contingency in the Brasília FIR, only Flight Information Service (FIS) and Alerting Services will be provided. For the TMA directly involved with the flight progression serving the airports of Brasília (SBBR), Goiânia (SBGO), Confins (SBCF), Belo Horizonte (SBBH), Guarulhos (SBGR), Congonhas (SBSP) and Campinas (SBKP), a simplified system of the Brasilia FIR routes will be used, according to the Playbook Route (Contingency Plan) published in the DECEA AISWEB Portal, and interconnecting these TMA and also connecting them to the Amazônica, Curitiba and Recife FIR, and vice-versa.
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2.7.3.1. During partial contingency in the Curitiba FIR, at least Flight Information Service (FIS) and Alerting Services will be provided. For the TMA directly involved with the flight progression serving the airports of Foz do Iguaçu (SBFI), Maringá (SBMG), Vitória (SBVT), Presidente Prudente (SBDN), Curitiba (SBCT), Porto Alegre (SBPA), Florianópolis (SBFL), Campo Grande (SBCG), Londrina (SBLO), Galeão (SBGL); Santos Dumont (SBRJ), Guarulhos (SBGR), Congonhas (SBSP), Campinas (SBKP), Confins (SBCF) and Belo Horizonte (SBBH), a simplified system of the Curitiba FIR routes will be used, according to the Playbook Route (Contingency Plan) published in the DECEA AISWEB Portal, interconnecting these TMA and also connecting them to the Recife, Atlântico, Brasília, Amazônica, Asunción, La Paz, Montevideo e Resistência FIR, and vice-versa.
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2.7.4 AMAZÔNICA FIR - SBAZ
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2.7.4.1. During partial contingency in the Amazônica FIR, at least Flight Information Service (FIS) and Alerting Services will be provided. For the TMA directly involved with the flight progression serving the airports of Eduardo Gomes (SBEG), Porto Velho (SBPV), Boa Vista (SBBV), Rio Branco (SBRB), Belém (SBBE), Macapá (SBMQ), Cuiabá (SBCY) and Santarém (SBSN), a simplified system of the Amazônica FIR routes will be used, according to the Playbook Route (Contingency Plan) published interconnecting these TMA and also connecting them to the Brasília, Recife, Curitiba, Atlântico, Bogotá, Georgetown, La Paz, Lima, Maiquetia, Paramaribo and Cayenne FIR, and vice-versa.
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2.7.5.1. During partial contingency in the Recife FIR, at least Flight Information Service (FIS) and Alerting Services will be provided. For the TMA directly involved with the flight progression serving the airports of Fortaleza (SBFZ), São Gonçalo do Amarante (SBSG), Recife (SBRF), Maceió (SBMO), Aracaju (SBAR), Salvador (SBSV), Ilhéus (SBIL), Porto Seguro (SBPS) and Vitória (SBVT), a simplifiedsystem of the Recife FIR routes will be used, according to the Playbook Route (Contingency Plan)published in the DECEA AISWEB Portal, interconnecting these TMA and also connecting them to the Amazônica, Atlântico, Brasília and Curitiba FIR, and vice-versa.
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2.7.6 ATLÂNTICO FIR - SBAO
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2.7.6.1. In the event of total ACC-AO disruption, air traffic flow restriction shall be applied according to traffic density. The longitudinal separation should be extended to 20 minutes, using the Mach number technique.
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2.7.6.2. In addition to the published NOTAM, as outlined in item 6, the contingency situation shall be communicated by any available means as quickly as possible to the involved ACC. The contingency operational procedures outlined in SAT DOC 002: ATM Operational Contingency for South Atlantic Oceanic FIRs shall be applied.
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2.8 SPECIFIC PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN CASE OF TOTAL DISRUPTION OF AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES IN BRAZILIAN FIR
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2.8.1. During total disruption, situation in which the provision of ATS services is considered to be unavailable, a simplified contingency route network will be established, between the FIR in Brazil - among them - and their adjacent FIR, including predetermined flight levels and minimum longitudinal separation.
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2.8.2. No aircraft shall be allowed to land or take off IFR from the FIR in total contingency.
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2.8.3. For entering into the FIR in contingency, the following procedures shall be observed:
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2.8.3.1. To maintain the minimum lateral and vertical separations, aircraft flying over the FIR in contingency shall use the flight levels and routes of the Routes Playbook (Contingency Plan) published in DECEA's AISWEB Portal established for each FIR (https://aisweb.decea.mil.br).
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2.8.3.2. If an aircraft, before entering the contingency airspace, is unable to comply with the operational procedures previously established, the transferring ATS unit, in a collaborative effort, could coordinate with CGNA the establishment of a new route in order to avoid the contingency FIR.
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2.8.3.3. In case of a Total Disruption in the provision of air traffic services in one of the FIR under Brazil's jurisdiction (SBBS, SBCW, SBRE, SBAO and SBAZ), aircraft intending to overfly the contingent FIR shall use the ATS route network of the concerned FIR provided in the Playbook Route (Contingency Plan) published in DECEA's AISWEB Portal.
NOTE: Operational procedures for the total ACC-AO contingency in the EUR/SAM corridor are established in a specific CTA.
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3 NOTAM TEMPLATE FOR CONTINGENCY CASES
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3.1. During a partial or total disruption of air traffic services in any Brazilian CTA/UTA/FIR, the Air Navigation Management Center (CGNA) request the publication of a specific NOTAM about the FIR in contingency, indicating the following:
a) Starting time and date, and planned duration of contingency measures;
b) type of Contingency Plan to be activated, partial or total and affected FIR;
c) Facilities and/or services available;
d) reference on where to find the procedures to be followed by adjacent ATS agencies;
e) reference to where to find the procedures to be followed by pilots; and
f) Any other detail related to the contingency which requires immediate user attention and knowledge of the users.
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3.2 CONTINGENCY PLAN ACTIVATION NOTIFICATION
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NOTAM A XXXX/XX DUE TO THE RESTRICTION (OR DISRUPTION) OF AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES, THE BRAZILIAN CONTINGENCY PLAN IS ACTIVATED AT SBXX FIR, FROM (DATE/TIME) TO (ESTIMATED DATE/TIME). FOR MORE INFORMATION AND FLIGHT PLANNING, OBSERVE THE ATS ROUTE NETWORK PUBLISHED IN THE PLAYBOOK ROUTE (CONTINGENCY PLAN) PUBLISHED ON THE AISWEB PORTAL AND OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES,ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN, PUBLISHED IN AIP-BRASIL, SUBSECTION ENR 1.8.
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3.2.1. Optionally, the NOTAM may include other relevant aspects of the Contingency Plan, such as:
a) no aeronautical mobile service is available;
b) there is a possibility of delays due to reduced ATC capacity;
c) pilot shall maintain radio watch on the main frequency of the flown sector, as well as air/air frequency 123.45 MHz, applying in-flight broadcast procedures;
d) expect the possibility of performing self-transfer procedures;
e) the Repetitive Flight Plans are suspended; and
f) if it was not possible to comply with the specifications established in the Contingency Plan, a new plan must be
made to avoid the affected FIR.
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3.3 NOTAM OF DEACTIVATION OF THE CONTINGENCY PLAN
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NOTAM C XXXX/XX FROM (DATE/TIME). THE BRAZILIAN CONTINGENCY PLAN WAS DEACTIVATED. NORMAL ATS SERVICES PROVISION
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