Hey, Watchdog...
You may recall that almost new China Air B747-400 that overrun the runway at KaiTak some years ago, ended up in the bay! They couldn't move it quickly, so they blew the tail off with explosives to get the airport open again!
That, I believe, was a set of very similar circumstances to this accident!
That is, no effective communication between the pilots.
Cheers...FD...
