Originally Posted by
eastern wiseguy
I have just read the above.....if true...what could the CAG tower controller do realistically?
I'd like to read the transcriptions first, but if the events reported in the newspaper are correct, I'm afraid there was little they could do.
Sure, a go-around instruction was an option, but then again: why would one tell an aircraft to go-around when it's landing on a perfectly suitable (to the point of being used as a runway up to 4 days before), obstacle-free strip? Landing on rwy 32R (or taxiway A as it is now called) was intentional, so no performance (ie. landing distance) issue is involved here, either.