A320 with gear problem over LA

Anything of interest heard on Live ATC? I can't connect. Too busy.


Mostly routine, along with a few questions to ATC about how much longer
until 292 tries to land and everybody can get back to their regularly
scheduled lives. Sounds like airport ops are continuing normally until
they're ready to land.

Another bit of info is that there are about 140 passengers aboard. Poor
passengers, had to ride for about 3 hrs, must be so stressful.

Kev wrote:
Aha. Thanks so much! It never hit me that dumping fuel would be
related to a climb requirement.

Can you explain to a layperson how the climb requirement factors into
whether it is necessary to have a fuel dump function? Couldn't quite
understand the rule.

"Zulu" wrote in news:IknYe.21672$h02.17700
@tornado.texas.rr.com:

Anything of interest heard on Live ATC? I can't connect. Too busy.


Mostly routine, along with a few questions to ATC about how much longer
until 292 tries to land and everybody can get back to their regularly
scheduled lives. Sounds like airport ops are continuing normally until
they're ready to land.

Thank you. I might try to grab the archives later on.

Brian
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On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:50:48 -0000, Skywise
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Anything of interest heard on Live ATC? I can't connect.

I'll bet the Aircraft Communication Addressing & Reporting System
(ACARS) traffic is more interesting.

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Kev wrote:
Aha. Thanks so much! It never hit me that dumping fuel would be
related to a climb requirement.

Can you explain to a layperson how the climb requirement factors into
whether it is necessary to have a fuel dump function? Couldn't quite
understand the rule.


Sure. If the aircraft loses an engine immediately following takeoff, it
still needs to meet minimum climb performance standards so it can clear
whatever obstacles it may encounter near the the airport. It is conceivable
that if an airplane (particularly a twin engine aircraft) loses an engine,
it may need to reduce weight to meet climb standards. Dumping fuel is the
easiest way to quickly reduce weight...

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.

On 9/21/05 9:29 PM, in article
, "Kev"
wrote:

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.

Awesome job. A soft and smooth as you could hope for. JetBlue has to be more
than pleased with the outcome of this.
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