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"He had set the autopilot to descend to 100 ft (30 m) and accelerated the speed of the descending aircraft several times thereafter."

Is that something that would be used during normal operations, or in an emergency landing? If not, why is it a permitted action?

No different to why any car is able to drive 50km/h above the national speed limit.

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