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Unstable approaches

Professional Pilot

A controller who withholds or issues a late descent clearance is also to blame. The reason why the crew operated the aircraft outside of limitations and continued an unstable approach that resulted in an accident, was that they were racing another jet to the runway. The response from the PIC was, “we know it.”

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