[tcrlaf]

” It is not unlikely they were following the wrong glideslope “

CNN just stated that Flightaware shows a steeper glideslope for this aircraft today, than for the same flight yesterday.

[Tzfat]

CNN just stated that Flightaware shows a steeper glideslope for this aircraft today, than for the same flight yesterday.

"Glideslope" has a very specific meaning in aviation. It always means "vertical path associated with a Instrument Landing System (ILS)." What CNN should have said was a "steeper glidepath' - that means they simply descending in a steeper angle. No two visual approaches are the same. Because the ILS was out of service (and the associated LDA approach), they were likely using RNAV for vertical guidance - however that close in, they were more likely using VASI and visually adjusting for the landing.

It seems quite likely that this is simply a screwed up landing. They landed short. It has happened on that runway more than once. JAL put a DC-8 in the bay there.