Back to post #353. Now we are talking about panning down with the radar to see terrain during a circling approach? Really!
These guys either knew where they were going in which case they were at the wrong altitude or thought they were in the circuit - which they were not. Forget mapping radar, g/a mode, ATC radar, DME arcs. They were either both being stupid or both ....... being stupid.
The question we should be asking is WHY? One very experienced Captain, one ex-Mil F/O, both with some sort of acquired self-preservation instinct, surely? Things just do not stack up here.