Originally Posted by
gums
Sorry for the personal stuff.
Don't be - it's all good. There's no shortage of examples where otherwise excellent pilots paid dearly for a single call that turned out to be poor with 20/20 hindsight, and it goes without saying I'm sorry for your loss.
I am not sure about the purpose of a low, slow flyby at a ridiculous altitude for a big jet and at a high AoA.
Because no other jet of that kind at the time could do it safely. I have little doubt that had the crew been properly briefed on the terrain surrounding the airfield we wouldn't be having this discussion.