Aircraft weight.
Recently ex-LL approach ATCO here. I wonder if a B777 qualified person would give me a considered opinion on a hypothetical point.
I understand the aircraft had 151 people on board against a full load of about 320? I would estimate that another 150 or so people and their luggage would weigh in the order of 15 tonnes? Had the aircraft been operating at full load it would obviously have had a higher final approach speed. My question:
Is it likely that at such a weight it would still have been able to glide to the field? In other words, did it only just make the field because it was relatively light or would the higher final approach speed have carried it in at the heavier weight?
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