Originally Posted by thcrozier
It's pretty obvious that from whatever condition it was in over the bridge, it can decelerate and descend quickly enough to put it at a speed of 103 before reaching and below the seawall, which I believe is 12 feet high.
Yes.
All the discussion about glide angles, energy states, kinetic energy vs heights, etc. misses the point. Given that the flight was significantly higher than the restriction on the Charted Visual Procedure, and considerably faster than the speed restriction assigned by ATC, the fact that the plane ended up short of the threshold, lower than the runway and much slower than V-ref, demonstrates pretty conclusively that it was well within the capabilities of the
airplane to slow to approach speed starting from 1900' at 5 NM and 180 knots.