The Mandarin was lost in passenger service. However, if you look at the weather that the aircraft was attempting to land in (typhoon) maybe the best course of action was to go to the alternate. Other aircraft types MAY have faired the same way. There is a video on youtube of this approach, I’ll try and post a link.

The accident proved the tendency of the MD11 to suffer severly from hard landings. The cause of the accident is probably not attributable to the MD11 itself.