Former FAA official Mike O’Donnell said Tuesday the fact that the plane landed on its nose and right landing gear first demonstrates this was an unstable landing. He said the pilot might have been attempting a go-around. “A go-around probably should have been executed sooner than that. And it seems like they hesitated,” O’Donnell said.

O’Donnell said that by the time the crew tried to abort the landing, it may have been too late if there wasn’t enough runway left. But the interviews investigators scheduled with the pilots for Wednesday will reveal more about what they were thinking at that moment.”