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Old 18th Jun 2019, 17:12
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From the linked article:
"A discussion is currently going on on social media between professional airline pilots whether or not the aircraft should have aborted its landing instead of continuing the unstable approach and landing halfway down the runway."

Or maybe military aircraft and aircrew have different requirements and therefore operate in a different way then what professional airline pilots are accustomed to.

Looks fairly normal and uneventful to me. Seen all sorts of (X)C-135's, KC-10's, C-17's and other military type heavies do those type of landings from a visual downwind. Do it the civi way at a fighter base, and you will be accused of flying the dreaded bomber pattern and ruining ATC's flow.
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