our flight analyst john cox msnbc news analyst agent. what can you tell us what we know. they re having problems with the landing gear. you re not flying. you re coming back and calling it nonstandard landing. i think there would be prudent if the landing gear did not retract properly or if there was a problem with the hydraulic system. the idea they re going to continue to las vegas is not going to happen. out of an abundance of caution. they end up they need to reduce the weight of the airport down to the landing weight. it may take some time. depending on the type of aircraft. they can burn it down. they will probably declare a request for the emergency equipment to standby and this is all being done as a precaution. it s the routine way that we handle what i would call abnormalities in flight. there are redoesn t systems to get the landing gear extending
as intended. this abnormal landing turned out quite well as intended. so the processes and procedures worked here. what the normal protocol is if you can t get a landing gear to come up or a hydraulic problem is that you take your time you work through the appropriate checklist, and understand what assets you do have with the redoesn t systems in the airport. airplanes have a lot of redundancies built in. there are several hydraulic systems. there two engines and several electronic call sources. you take all of those into account because you re going to make a landing with a landing gear that may not be in absolutely in the normal position. it would be appropriate to call for the emergency services to have them standing by just in case on the remote possibility that gear did fall they re right there to help you. it s being a very very cautious. taking all the precautions appropriately. it sounds to me like they ve