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"Stormy conditions" at the airport, according to one report. Low visibility, possible windshear conditions, LOC approach (no ILS glidepath guidance) slippery runway. Add to that possible pilot fatigue, possible sudden shear which could have induced loss of lift suddenly (tailwind shear), and possible pilot error.
Boeings have a VNAV (vertical navigation guidance) capability that may double for glidepath guidance cue on non-precision instrument approaches such as a Localizer-only (lateral guidance to the runway, no glidepath guidance). Airbus undoubtedly has this same VNAV guidance capability.
Maybe he started descent to the runway too soon and then had a shear that exacerbated being a little low? Maybe it had been a long day with weather delays and they were fatigued? I guess we'll find out.
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