There was a video of this aircraft descending through approx 1000ft on the ILS taken by a member of the public and I saw it on Tv abroad but only once.
It sure scared me!
As a 10 year Tristar Captain to me the gyrations of this MD11 in yaw and pitch were very large and the obvious turbulence was way beyond any I had experianced in 14 years as a Tristar crew member flying into the old and new HKK airports.
The aircraft appeared to me to be about to go out of control.
Please correct me if I am wrong but I was told the Italian Captain was a new hire and had not much experiance in monsoon/storm conditions operateing in/out of the HKK area.
If so I feel really sorry for him and the weather he faced that day.
Seeing that Video on Tv has remained with me for ever.
I feel it should be shown to all pilots expected to operate in the Far East and HKK in particular.
After a series of fatalities in these conditions I feel clear advice now needs to be given that a Crew will be supported if they decide to chuck it all away and divert or indeed not leave the gate for takeoff if they feel the weather conditions too violent and approaching a level beyond their abilities.