Yay!
Beautiful job of holding off the gear as long as possible.
The fire was a surprise, although it shouldn't have been. MSNBC had a
pilot on, who'd had the same problem on a different airplane, and his
also skidded down the runway, but he didn't mention flames.
Some mention of the fact that the pilot pretty much kept the airliner
on the centerline... which of course probably doesn't please LAX's
runway maintenance guy grin, who might have to repaint it.
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