737 Landing With Blown Tire
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737 Landing With Blown Tire
MSNBC states an AA 737 blew one main tire on takeoff from LAX. Now burning off fuel and will land when weight down to acceptable level.
News folks are speculating endlessly.
Good luck guys!
News folks are speculating endlessly.
Good luck guys!
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LAX AA emergency landing planned. Burning off fuel. Blew Tire. Continuing.....
LAX AA emergency landing planned. Burning off fuel. Blew Tire. LAX to Toronto flight . Continuing..... CNN
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Fox are annoying
They keep on saying it is dumping fuel.
However pilots is it difficult to land with one burst tyre?
However pilots is it difficult to land with one burst tyre?
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A link to the ground track posted above:
FlightAware > Live Flight Tracker > American Airlines Inc. #1586 > 02-Sep-2008 > KLAX-KLAX
Yeah, I'm sure it is. Also the tire was the main gear inboard on the nose gear.
FlightAware > Live Flight Tracker > American Airlines Inc. #1586 > 02-Sep-2008 > KLAX-KLAX
They keep on saying it is dumping fuel.
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Almost everything they reported by the FOX news bimbo during that long special broadcast was flat wrong or incorrect. While saying that they didn't want to sensationalize the thing, that's precisely what their intent was and what, in fact, they did.
They said the captain was dumping fuel. It wasn't. It was burning off fuel.
They talked about how dangerous a landing it would be. It isn't. Boeing builds their aircraft to land safely on the remaining tire.
Their "pilot" consultant on the air was an idiot didn't seem to know a 737 from a baked potato.
The pilot consultant said that the pilots' train in the simulator routinely for blown tire scenarios. Wrong. I've NEVER trained for a blown tire in the simulator in almost 30 years of flying. There were always much more serious things to train for.
They zoomed in on a 757 on final approach and identified it as the 737 in question.
Just another pathetic display of incompetence and fear-mongering on the news medias part.
BTW, the airplane landed safely and after a quick inspection by the AARF, taxied into the gate to discharge pax, inspect the landing gear in detail, and change the tires on the left main.
They said the captain was dumping fuel. It wasn't. It was burning off fuel.
They talked about how dangerous a landing it would be. It isn't. Boeing builds their aircraft to land safely on the remaining tire.
Their "pilot" consultant on the air was an idiot didn't seem to know a 737 from a baked potato.
The pilot consultant said that the pilots' train in the simulator routinely for blown tire scenarios. Wrong. I've NEVER trained for a blown tire in the simulator in almost 30 years of flying. There were always much more serious things to train for.
They zoomed in on a 757 on final approach and identified it as the 737 in question.
Just another pathetic display of incompetence and fear-mongering on the news medias part.
BTW, the airplane landed safely and after a quick inspection by the AARF, taxied into the gate to discharge pax, inspect the landing gear in detail, and change the tires on the left main.
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so, why didn't you want to watch CNN?
cnn reported the plane was burning off fuel and made it clear this type didn't have "dump'' capability.
that the plane should be able to land safely on the remaining tire.
it quickly clarified that the 757 was NOT the plane in question, noticing the landing gear had too many tires.
cnn reported the plane was burning off fuel and made it clear this type didn't have "dump'' capability.
that the plane should be able to land safely on the remaining tire.
it quickly clarified that the 757 was NOT the plane in question, noticing the landing gear had too many tires.
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OK, operational question - if it was safe to fly in circles near LAX for a bit, wouldn't it be just as easy to fly in a straight line towards the destination given the number of suitable landing sites en route? Or is the main concern that there might be fire or damage associated with the burst tyre so they want to be in a position where they could just land in a few minutes regardless of weight if they had to?
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OK, operational question - if it was safe to fly in circles near LAX for a bit, wouldn't it be just as easy to fly in a straight line towards the destination given the number of suitable landing sites en route? Or is the main concern that there might be fire or damage associated with the burst tyre so they want to be in a position where they could just land in a few minutes regardless of weight if they had to?
Tho, I will confess I am not an aviator and my comments should therefore be treated accordingly
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sorry, good pilots just don't think that way.
so, what if you retract the gear and head on to the destination, knowing you will have to make an emergency landing there?
and what if, halfway there, someone on board has a baby, or you have an engine faliure unrelated to the tire problem and you have to land
and that airport, nearest to the engine failure, or passenger problem has a runway that is only 8000' long instead of LAX's 11000feet?
so now you have an engine failure and one blown tire
its called: WHAT IF?
there are dozens of scenarios that could be played out if you leave a sure thing, like LAX in sight with great weather.
if our leaders in washington would only think like pilots! (hey, maybe bush wasn't a good pilot!)
sorry, good pilots just don't think that way.
so, what if you retract the gear and head on to the destination, knowing you will have to make an emergency landing there?
and what if, halfway there, someone on board has a baby, or you have an engine faliure unrelated to the tire problem and you have to land
and that airport, nearest to the engine failure, or passenger problem has a runway that is only 8000' long instead of LAX's 11000feet?
so now you have an engine failure and one blown tire
its called: WHAT IF?
there are dozens of scenarios that could be played out if you leave a sure thing, like LAX in sight with great weather.
if our leaders in washington would only think like pilots! (hey, maybe bush wasn't a good pilot!)