Originally Posted by
Squawk7777
Or the opposite could have occurred. Imagine slat damage and suddenly pieces of it tear off.
'Could have happened"
Well, that didn't happen. I could also "what if" a scenario from the actions you propose that ended up with the crew lawn darting. They did what they did based off training and the information available to them and landed safely. You can arm chair it and hypothesize any number of outcomes and work towards building a narrative. I'll point to the successful outcome