Describing this as a "media frenzy" doesn't seem valid. It's quite notable, and certainly not something we'd want to see repeated. If this was dire enough tha

Describing this as a "media frenzy" doesn't seem valid. It's quite notable, and certainly not something we'd want to see repeated. If this was dire enough that they didn't have time enough to empty over the ocean or desert, it may well have been justified. That should be investigated, though, and not just assumed. IIRC, LAX has had a significant history of pilots deviating from required flight paths, etc.