MM43
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5...ml#post8003816 a very useful diagram.
From an NTSB briefing on the CVR: "
Thirteen seconds to the end, one crew member reported the runway was in sight."
If you were to extend the flight path back where the '
runway in sight' call would have been made from - that's adding under half as much of that dotted flight path, how would the runway have been 'in sight'? Certainly not the touchdown end, PAPIs and approach lights they would be hidden by the crest of the hill.
Would you agree it is looking more like the crew suffered a visual illusion pf some sort?