Skygoose, on a 744 if you can see the runway before it falls underneath the nose then you can land.
Yes you need to be motivated to do such ie full speedbrake and flap and gear on the limits but you will get in. Precurser is "if you can see the rx" which patently these gentlemen could not.
Conversely, you can drive her in at 364 kts at 2000 ft till 10 nmiles to touchdown and with full speedbrake and flap and gear on the limit grab the glideslope and land with the a/c spooling up around 800 ft at intermediate weights and 400 ft at above max landing weights.
She is a great ship but try doing that previously mentioned blindfolded with a fire up your arse !
I have been on numerous boeing variants for 19 years and I can say without fear nor favour - Get her on the ground asap .... anywhere.....and to hell with the company if it ain't an online port !