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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 12:12 pm
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Originally Posted by docbert
Looks like it might have just finished circling and is heading onto LAX.

It's a 757, so no fuel dumping required.

Track on Flightaware
So why the circling over the desert? I assumed it was because of dumping. Otherwise, if it is mechanical, why not come straight in?
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