Originally Posted by
krismiler
If they were 5nm out and going so fast that the landing gear couldn't extend it's unbelievable that they continued, even if they had been on the correct vertical profile they were around 100kts too fast.
Maybe they tried to lower the gear even earlier, e.g. already during the steep descent from 10k? At that altitude and looking at the general descent profile, 260kts would not appear completely unconceivable. It is at least an interesting theory. The recorders will tell the story.