Originally Posted by
abax
It is buried in all these pages of this thread,,,but it seems that tragically so, 2-3 aircrafts before the fatal 5342, ATC requested rwy33 to another crew (same aircraft, same airline iirc) , and they declined ("Unable")
The geometry of the conflict resembles allowing Right and Left traffic to the very same runway, save two hundred feet (or less) altitude, with one LC to manage two discrete frequencies, two radar screens, neither opposing aircraft privy to the other’s comms. At night in a sea of lights? Oh, and two quite different airframes and maneuvering capabilities....something like that.....??
Not to mention one of the two is not going to turn Final... head on Base Legs? Not foolin here.