[ColinWright]

Obviously I'm missing something, but I thought all the concerns you express here were adequately covered in the PDF. I'm not a pilot, but the reasoning given there seemed pretty watertight to me.

I don't have time now to cross-correlate what you're saying with the article, but I hope to get time later to learn more about the discrepancy.

[yutyut]

To summarize my point: It was a high-risk decision electing to do an instrument approach at LAX. I don't think the risks given by the Captain in attempting to divert were adequately weighed against the risks of going into the clouds (with such an emergency). I think electing to divert to a field with clear sky was the less risky choice.

Anyway, all's well that ends well.

[_s]

The captain lays out his selection of the airfield, runway and approach procedure fairly succinctly in the PDF, and the limited but stable control he had over the aircraft.