No I don't think there is a good reason to believe they would have heeded a direction to go around. That doesn't mean that the direction should not have been gi

No I don't think there is a good reason to believe they would have heeded a direction to go around. That doesn't mean that the direction should not have been given. If ATC is to blame in this, it is primarily in excessive deference to the PIC. My point, exactly, though it sounds like there may have been other irregularities in the procedures followed.