Gulfpilot76.....
I see the GF 072 Captain did not fly the full Vor approach from overhead the Vor as per the published approach plate.
He accepted the baited invitation from ATC to self position at night from the non turn side to a short FAF from a large intercept angle when already high and fast plus under stress being inexperienced on type with a similar configured FO.
He did not have a STAR arrival or gate speeds to guide him off of a Saudi navigation beacon to a sensible distance initial final fix for Rw 12.
I had hoped the accident investigation team would have recommended a Star for RW12 now be published.
When I joined GA/GF in 1974 there was an SOP rule that pilots would always use an ILS if available and within wind and aircraft landing limitations.
This Sop rule was introduced because two Air France aircraft had crashed in one week on Black Hole Night approaches into RW12 Bahrain.
What happened to this Sop
What happened to the inexperienced pilots Sop
GF 072 A320 loss $36million
Back to the drawing board
