"We see this press-onitis in other crashes and it always puzzles the investigators. They know lots are 'mission orientated' people, but why not get it right the 2nd time and thus complete the mission?" Quote from RAT5.
This was a scheduled fuel stop en route to IST. Could fuel limitations therefore been a factor. Eleven aircraft had landed ahead of them and whilst how many were behind is not known, I suppose it may be assumed that there was sufficient traffic about to expect some delay in the event of a missed approach. Equally the "facing saving" theory by Eric Jansen cannot be altogether discounted by the fact that 11 ahead had managed it without ploughing up the allotments. Presuming that the crew were on frequency at the relevant times and were therefore aware of it.