When a large warehouse fire occurs at an airport, air traffic controllers must coordinate aircraft routing to avoid smoke plumes, using vectoring instructions, extended downwind legs, and visual approach clearances to ensure pilots remain in clean air while maintaining safe traffic flow.
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Flights Affected by HUGE Warehouse Fire at LAX | Solar Panels Caught
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>> Think there's going to be a smoking hole on the ground here in about an hour.
>> Yeah, the firefighters got off it. They saw the writing on the wall.
>> Yeah, this is bad.
Yeah, this thing's done going to the ground.
United 2610, you'll follow the Alaska Boeing off your right side base to final now.
>> 2610. Copy.
United 2610. Turn right heading 160.
I'll have the turn to finals to follow.
>> 160 on the heading. United 2610.
>> Alaska 1604 180 knots to Kobe and at Kobe. Contact LA tower 133. Niner. We'll see you.
>> Okay. 180 Kobe off the tower. Last 164 >> and approach United 2610 about our 3:00 4:00 low here. There's a large warehouse fire with smoke building uh just for your vectoring uh of uh aircraft there.
United 26. Okay. Is it uh starting to rise up? Can affect visibility?
>> Uh shortly. It may on on your uh on these vectors here for 26. Yeah.
>> Okay. Thanks for the heads up.
>> Southwest 76. 180.
>> 180 knots. Southwest 716.
United 2610 right heading 220 to join final follow the Alaska Boeing approach 248 >> right 220 and we'll join to follow the Alaska United 2610 >> yeah and approach for United 2610 we report that warehouse fire there it seems to be building uh the wind's taking it right on uh the vectors for the downwind um area that we reported at there for you.
>> Okay. Yeah. So, maybe they'll be able to pick it up just on the base leg as you get closer. Is there any cloud layers or anything moving in towards the field that's going to affect visuals here?
>> No, nothing uh moving towards the field.
It's all moving just towards that downwind leg. 396.
>> Okay. Thanks.
>> Hey, did you say there is a TFR?
>> Hey, affirmative.
>> Thanks.
>> Southwest 716, turn right 160. And when you can report the field in sight, >> can we extend uh downwind another 20 seconds? So we got to go around this big black smoke from the warehouse fire.
Southwest 716.
>> Okay, south 716 heading 090. Is that good?
>> Yeah. 090 is good. Southwest 716 >> and approaching 2610 has a field. Hey 2610, roger, you are clear for the visual approach 248. Contact LA tower now 133 point niner. We'll see you 339 2610. up >> and we can take a turn now. Southwest 716.
>> 716 heading 160 and revising at the field in sight.
>> Heading 160 and we'll let you know we have the airport in sight. Southwest 716.
It's a cold storage facility. All the solar panels went off and now I think all the fire is in the actual warehouse.
Okay. Copy. Thank you.
We got the airport southwest 716 716 ter heading 2 three 0 to join final clear visual approach right 24 right >> turn heading 2 three 0 for visual 24 right southwest 716 >> delta 2766 adise when you can take a base leg away from the smoke >> 276 we can take the base turn now to keep us out of the smoke I'll have to extend send you out a little ways.
You're going to follow the southwest bowling at your 2:00. So, just let me know when you can take it as you threw it.
>> Okay. I'll let you know when we get past it. It's still pretty good right now.
And then I'll let you know.
>> CB4 Cal State LA. We're going to come around the west side of the fire.
>> Hey, all of us need to make sure that we stay in clean air. This is that kind of up those solar panels. Those will make you grow a third leg.
Alpha 716. Connect tower 133. Niner >> 339. Salvo 768.
Delta 276 now. 27 66. Turn right 160. Right 160.
27 66.
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