[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.

[Moose4]

But to be a pilot on the queen of any airline’s long-haul fleet, and to do that on a perfectly clear day on a visual approach...wow. Even with the ILS out of service on both 28s that’s a colossal mistake. It should be interesting to see what comes out of the investigation.

There are echoes of the BA 038 Heathrow crash in this but so far nobody’s talking about issues with the engine power on final are they?

}:-)4