I remember this fatal night like nothing else in my aviation career,
landing just before them. I was probably at the gate pointing my tail to all that happened. Arriving from the west we were held high (7000 ft is normal) until passing the Saudi coast. Changing to APP. we were asked if we could accept 12 for landing (ATIS was 30). Ofcourse then you are high, asked for surface wind, it was around 130/8. I just thought why bother to go for 12 with new setup, breefing, loosing considerable amount of altitude, VOR app. etc, etc. Just take a bit of tailwind, I am not an ace, I want to relax. My guess is that the guy had been bragging to the F/O about his skills from way up, and when he saw he was going to lose out he felt so embarrassed ( loss of face) he tried to make up for it by trying to show more skills, fatal skills. It is an enormous tragedy that should not have happened on this clear but dark night.