GOOD LORD:

This is an astonishing sequence of events and is consistent with the video seen earlier this week.

Key take aways:

1. Pilots had little experience on type.
2. Speed brake not deployed. This dumps lift and makes braking more effective.
3. Reversers not used.
4. A decision to… pic.twitter.com/T2X9f91YbU

— Scott Bateman MBE (@scottiebateman) September 9, 2026

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4. A decision to go around was made whilst on runway.
5. Above decision was reversed and sealed their fate.

These facts paint a very confusing picture of what was happening on this flight deck. Every approach we brief a plan A, which is obviously to land and stop. But we also set some very clear bottom lines, those that must be met to assure a safe landing. These are decided at a period of low workload, often some distance from the airfield. The time to set these is not when you’re working hard to get the jet down. This is where your capacity is limited and having these bottom lines is key to a safe outcome.

Setting these empowers either pilot to call a go around if these aren’t met. The pilot monitoring should never be thinking “what’s going on now?”

KC-10 Driver added, with just the right amount of understatement, “That’s a really troubling series of events.”