“Even on table-top runways which are basically built atop flattened hills?”
Yep. All the decision height does is keep the plane out of harm’s way IF the crew does not have sufficient visual contact with the airport to land the plane.
From the other comments here, it sounds like the captain was fixated on landing the plane, in spite of it being too high, too fast, or both. And for some reason, he wasn’t accepting any situational input from his copilot.
Sad.
Thanks for the details. I appreciate it.
We in the flying community call that "get-there-itis". Killed a lot of people over the years. Of course commercial carriers are under a great deal of pressure (much of that coming from the flying public) to be "on time/on schedule". Go-arounds cost time and money...if you magically make it you are a hero...but when you don't....