The front landing gear was stuck and would not close causing too much drag on the aircraft, it might not have had the fuel to get to NYC.
You should not fly in a broken aircraft. The entire situation would have been a 30 minute deal had they been able to dump the tanks.
I was unaware that specific aircraft could not dump its tanks.
Its an airbus designed by the French and other europeans.They saved money by not putting fuel dumps on!Imagine a cabin fire with full tanks! There isn't a Boeing built that doesn't have fuel dumps. Also, why does Airbus retract their nose gear with a 90 degree twist, is it to save a little space in the retracted mode?? That would be the dumbest idea a reasonable Engineer could come up with. Betcha Boeing doesn't rotate any of their nose gear. And We know if the pilot per chance wiggles the tail rudder a little the entire tail falls off along with the engines.
Thank you, I will fly Boeing everytime!
That kind of sums it up in a nutshell, now doesn't it?
Personally, I was pretty alarmed to learn that some commercial jetliners can't quickly dump their fuel tanks. I'm surprised this is allowed. Often when a plane is having mechanical problems, they have only minutes to dump fuel. It was only because this plane had a clearly small and well-isolated problem, that it was able to fly around for an extended period until the fuel was low enough to land safely.