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Old 9th Jun 2020, 10:32
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FlightDetent

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The approach as flown would need to be abandoned approx 20 miles away from the field, gear up.

You are asking how much water can a broken cup hold.

If the gear was down and full speed brake out with no AP from 20 NM, the energy may have been controlled into a (barely) acceptable final approach entry gate: 9 NM / 3000 FT / 220 kt.

But that would be then a very different approach profile, with only about 1/2 kinetic energy this aircraft seem to have had.
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