"Ben Hallert" wrote in news:1127347757.850538.311870
@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

One of the talking heads just said they will foam the runway. I
thought that introduced more problems then it solved for a situation
like this. My dad said he heard someone on Fox say something about a
"soft tail" landing, I wonder if perhaps they meant 'soft field'
landing where they hold the nose off the ground as long as possible.

Ben Hallert
PP-ASEL

I'm watching ch 7 (KABC) and they're saying 'soft field'.

BTW, it appears that they are circling to burn off fuel as the
A320 cannot dump fuel. But the setting sun will be becoming a
problem as time goes on as the current plan is to land at 25L
at LAX, into the setting sun.

Oh, and the LAPD has just gone to city wide tactical alert. A
bit overkill, I think. It's not a terrorist attack. It's just
a plane making a rougher landing than usual. Unless something
goes drastically wrong, I think they'll pull through just fine.

Brian
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