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Oh yeah, ze Fransh and Ze Deutsch engineers forgot to include a fuel jettison feature.
More like, the California EPA would not approve of 50,000 gallons of Jet-A being dumped over the LA Metro area, or out over the ocean. To say nothing of depriving the PAX of a ride at $6/gallon.
They were probably cycling the gear continuously during that short segment to see if they could get it to properly retract, and they would then continue on to JFK, where the maintenance hangar is. No kidding: the A320 is so sophisticated, the computer (and ACARS to management) would tell you that. Emergency resovled: proceed direct JFK.
Kudos to the (non-union) aviators up front, who earned it today. Blue side up, gentlemen.
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