Jayden, heavy jets aren't like light aircraft. They do not respond immediately.
There were strong winds, but we don't know how they affected the aircraft, we were not in the flight deck.
It is very easy to sit and say "I would have gone around", but when you're barrelling along the runway at 300kph, you'll realise its not as easy as it looks. The crew may well have tried to initiate a go around - we'll have to wait and see.
A go around from 20ft can easily contact the runway during the go around, as inertia has the aircraft continue down despite the high thrust.
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