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It wasn't bad weather. Captain was going way too fast to begin with, and started descent later than needed. So he needed to catch up with the glide/descent slop
by drillsteps5 15d ago
It wasn't bad weather. Captain was going way too fast to begin with, and started descent later than needed. So he needed to catch up with the glide/descent slope by making the plane descend faster. Thus gaining even more speed. He still arrived too late (overshot the beginning of the runway), with higher speed (I think 30 kts over the limit) and not configured (flaps not down).
It was really, really, really sloppy approach. And all could have been corrected just by executing go-around literally at any point in time up to 10 sec before he did. Both pilots still would have their careers, and those 5 people would still be alive.
- anonymars 15d agoThere's even a song! https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ccq30minme8 https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ccq30minme8
- DiggyJohnson 15d agoThere was clearly bad weather in the area. What you said is just tangentially related facts.
- bronson 15d agoBad weather doesn't explain all their poor decisions. If anything, it should have made them more likely to perform a goaround.
- DiggyJohnson 5d agoI never claimed it did explain all their poor decisions. But it increases the chance they'll have to go to their alternate if the first landing attempt results in a go around.