Originally Posted by fireflybob
Am surprised nobody has mentioned the monitored approach system which has been proven to be a safe way of operation
I don't have experience with monitored approaches and therefore I'm not in a position to criticise or praise them, but I don't see how it would have prevented the outcome.
I'm sure that in both systems you simply have to go around if you're not visual by the minima. If the crew elects elect to ignore basic SOP, catastrophe is bound to occur in either system.