Sorry to see this - I flew into GEO for about two years in the 757. 7500' for Rw 06, the ILS never worked the entire time I flew in there, and was never notamed as out. The VOR approach can be interesting since the DME didn't work either. I had more map shifts there than I've ever seen before or since. Add to that the closest realistic alternate is POS, so you tanker a bunch of fuel in addition to (usually) max payload. Add the occasion tropical downpour and it can get interesting!
Good catch on flap position - I bet that was a big jump from the overwing exits. Can't imagine an -800 even trying it with less than full flaps. One wonders how they managed to be "up" when the reversers are still deployed?
I always thought my career had hit rock-bottom when I did an overnight there. Haven't seen too much worse, but Khartoum comes to mind!