Originally Posted by
EDLB
What additional information do you expect from a final report? The crew decision making process caused a perfect working 747-400 with lots of fuel to crash behind the runway with a fully operational ILS.
It is difficult to understand why some people risk their life for a 10 minutes earlier touch down instead of playing it safe.
My FIs told me, if it does not look good, go around. And in this case I do not find a single reason why not to.
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I think it's fairly clear that they really didn't have any clue where they were in relation to the runway - the rushed app was only the precursor