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Old 13th Jul 2013, 09:44
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I would suggest that there is a huge difference between a visual approach where the aircraft is in a position to fly said approach easily and one where the aircraft is vectored "high and fast" and then has to sort that out first before landing visually.

Whether that's a factor in this accident I don't know. I've not seen the recent NTSB press conferences so I don't know if there's any mention of them being "hot and high". There have been numerous posters, me included, who have mentioned the infamous "slam dunk" approaches practiced at SFO.
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