Originally Posted by
Euclideanplane
So we have ditching, keeping gear up, heading straight back, or towards PAF Faisal runway. Isn't that all contingent on the pilots anticipating a loss of both engines before it actually happened, and how would that be reasonable to expect?
Clearly he wasn’t anticipating a total loss of thrust following the “touch and go” otherwise he would have stayed down?
The first Q raised was the drag effect caused by deploying the gear. Gliding range.
The second Q was turning ( pointing ) towards the runway following loss of thrust, as in FLY the aircraft.