Oops!
There certainly seems to be a prima facie case for being unhappy with the Commander's decision to "continue" with a rapidly depleting fuel supply.
One cannot imagine carrying enough fuel to be able to make the early judgement to "continue" with the gear down, flying slower, and at a lower cruise level, all the way to the original destination; given the assumption that sort of snag was never in your fuel planning in the first place.
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Shortly after the aircraft departed Chania, Greece bound for Hanover, Germany, the flight crew realized that the landing gear could not be retracted.
The decision was made to continue the flight to Hanover at a lower altitude and airspeed with the landing gear extended.
As the aircraft neared the mid-point of its journey, the crew realized that the remaining fuel would be insufficient to continue the flight to Hanover, so a landing was planning at Vienna, Austria.
As the aircraft descended through 10,000 feet, the left engine failed due to fuel exhaustion.
By utilizing crossfeed fuel pumps, the crew was able to keep the right engine running, but was unable to restart the left.
As the aircraft turned a six mile final, the right engine also failed due to fuel exhaustion.
The plane touched down 600 feet short of runway 34, collapsing the main landing gear, and seriously damaging the left wing and engine.
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So near, and yet so far.
TG