Originally Posted by
eagle21
It is clear that the controller did not think that they would make the first approach just based on their energy 3500ft at 5NM. It will be interesting to find out what the rate of descent was in the last minute of the first approach.
That implies that the controller should have taken a particular interest in this approach. Was no-one in the tower watching as they descended with gear retracted, banged the engines on the runway, and then climbed away trailing smoke? Did it not occur to anyone to pipe up: "Er, PIA, we think you might have just smacked your aeroplane on the ground"?