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Unstable approaches

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According to the GOM, either pilot could call for a go-around, yet neither did despite the published stabilized approach criteria being violated. A controller who withholds or issues a late descent clearance is also to blame. The GOM also called for the airspeed to be “on target” at such altitudes respectively.

Approach 105