Framer
They landed long and fast with a tail wind. Thats that.
I agree that is what happened. But the point is why did it happen?
There are a lot of factors to be looked at here.
1) Was the approach stable or was it rushed?
2) Were the crew fatigued and did they think to go for an ILS with a tailwind was an easier option rather than to go for a night RNAV approach that they were not familiar with? (For info I have been on several non-precision approaches with a decision height of around 500 feet and not been visual at DH due rain whereas I would probably have got in from an ILS.)
3)If the Captain was flying the landing was the copilot aware and concerned about how deep the landing was becoming and if so did he voice his concern or suggest a goaround?
4) Do AA practice baulked landngs in the simulator? ie where you are landing deep or have an increasing tailwind and need to make a decision to goaround, sometimes after touchdown but before reverse idle has been selected. It is extremely difficult in the flare to rejig the brain into a last second goaround unless there is something obvious like a fire engine driving onto the runway.