AA 1586 LAX-YYX: blown tire. Emergency landing at LAX

"John Doe" <jdoe@doe.org> wrote in message
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> John Doe wrote:
>> AA 1586 from LAX to Toronto blew a tire on take off. Currently circling
>> LAX to burn fuel and will attempt emergency landing at LAX.
>
> Landed safely at 12:52 local LAX time.

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"John Doe" <jdoe@doe.org> wrote in message
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> AA 1586 from LAX to Toronto blew a tire on take off. Currently circling
> LAX to burn fuel and will attempt emergency landing at LAX.
>
> CNN entertainment network is carrying the story.
>

Why not just continue on to Toronto?

>> AA 1586 from LAX to Toronto blew a tire on take off. Currently circling
>> LAX to burn fuel and will attempt emergency landing at LAX.

> Why not just continue on to Toronto?

Gear was probably NOT retracted so as to not cause possible problems with
the shredded tire in the main gear bay.
Given that, it wouldn't make sense to fly all the way to YYZ with the gear
down

On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:44:19 -0400, John Doe <jdoe@doe.org> wrote:

>AA 1586 from LAX to Toronto blew a tire on take off. Currently circling
>LAX to burn fuel and will attempt emergency landing at LAX.
>
>CNN entertainment network is carrying the story.


Can anyone explain to me why they just didn't fly to their
destination? Seems like the problem won't be any worse there, it's
still an emergency landing but the passengers get where they are
going, the airline doesn't waste tons of very expensive fuel to no end
and it won't take any longer to replace atire at the far end than
returning to where they just left and waste all that time in the air.

I could see it if the "check engine(s)" light was lit on the dashboard
or a mechanic was stuck out on the wing..grin..but seriously, why
abort the flight for a blown tire once you're in the air?

Jim P.