To revert to the original posting - what happened in Lahore that made a SQ B-777 descent to less than 500 feet more than 5 miles out?
Someone mentioned that it a miscalculation with the airfield elevation - that should account for about 700 feet (712 to be precise) of the 2800 that is the 'Platform Altitude'. I do not understand where the airfield elevation would come into the picture, but for some folks in SQ, it seems it did.
I wish the Safety boards there could let the rest of the world know the whats and the whys, so that the errors are not repeated by them as well as others.
But then, they would need to the find time for this, away from shielding SQ's ETOPS after 3 IFSDs in 2 weeks.