I think AvHerald added one zero too many. "1300 feet". More like 130 feet which would mean that this thread can now be closed.
Meaning they would all have died if they had completed the landing?
They took the only option open to them as EK would have made them pay if they did not.
This flight is very similar to the FZ that crashed. Both took off with lots of fuel. Both did multiple approaches. This flight diverted after three (!) go arounds, and I suspect the FZ flight would have done the same if things did not go bad during the second approach.
Pressure to get in. And pressure not to land even if you know you can.
The ME is a weird and dangerous world.