I think you’re right. To my eye, they definitely looked fast. Unless the video rate was not 1x.
Should have been a go-around.
I suspect the pilot realized he was coming fast and in the back of his mind the runway conditions were not optimum for stopping, and figured he had to get his wheels down as soon as possible so he could start braking and using the thrust reversers as early as possible on the runway, so he just went straight down to the runway instead of feathering the landing.
Something else I just noticed. The plane was nearly level. They’re supposed to be nose angled up.
I suspect the pilot realized he was coming fast and in the back of his mind the runway conditions were not optimum for stopping, and figured he had to get his wheels down as soon as possible so he could start braking and using the thrust reversers as early as possible on the runway, so he just went straight down to the runway instead of feathering the landing.
I suspect he encountered a wind shear at very low altitude and lost lift as a result with no time to correct or add power to execute a go around. He was likely carrying extra speed (10-12 knots) due to the gusty conditions,. I would not be quick to implicate the pilots until there is a full investigation. If you lose lift at that low altitude there isn’t much you can do but hang on !!!