We have it loud and clear in the CVR transcript. "We will do one approach, and if not, we will divert".
The only problem is that you find one line in that CVR, quote it imprecisely and ignore everything else. That might have been the crew's plan, but it most likely got changed later.
10:32:55 We are doing landing approach. In case of missed approach, we goaround on autopilot
That was said while they were waiting on decision from "main passanger" that Kazana was supposed to bring. That was the crew's plan stated while waiting for that decision of the "main passanger".
then:
10:35:46 Yes or no? We have to finally choose the airport, decide on something.
Then at
10:36:36 some new mystery passenger appears in the cockpit, they all greet him, and they clearly have the decision and they are trying to land without ever discussing any decision height and without trying to act on one. Yes or no?
The alternate chosen (if they got one) would have to be said by name, while decision to land could have been communicated through a number of hard to identify phrases and/or gestures. So, if they did not get that alternate, what decision did they get?
You must be a spokesman for the Kaczynski camp here, or something to treat all the known facts so selectively.
