I was wondering about those “turn, turn, turn” words from the crew. This remembered me of a previous incident at Naples last April, when an Aliatalia A321 experienced some sort of brake failure and that crew made a 180º turn to stop the aircraft.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=271529
If the crew sensed they were facing an imminent catastrophe why didn’t they throw everything out, using brute force like the parking brake? Doesn't come to mind in this type trainning?