Giving it a bit more scrutiny, it may not be quite as bad as I thought. I guess they arrived on the okesa 1j arrival, so were already established on the final approach track, and were just high for the profile.
Quick fingers on the FMC would have put them round the race track (not the hold) and perfectly legitimately lost the height, but a 360 at tekbu would also seem to be within a protected area (SOPs permitting, which ours wouldn't). However, 6000' at tekbu is still slightly too high for the glide slope. If they did it at some point before tekbu then you're in uncharted territory at night with an 85 msa. I guess a 360 at the 16.6d BDR would be the limit, but you would need to be at 185kt.
I would be wary of having the b'jaysus scared out of me by triggering the egpws by losing height directly over a big hill, so if it were me, I would either have loaded the racetrack, or press on to the BDR for the ILS V big race track.
Last edited by midnight cruiser; 28th Aug 2018 at 11:30.