The event has parallels with the Indian Airlines forced landing in a paddy field in Nov 1993. They had a missed approach due to weather and could not retract the flaps due to a flap jam. They ran out of fuel when diverting.
http://dgca.nic.in/accident/acc93.pdf see page 7.
At least the Indian authorities had the balls to lay the fault squarely at the pilot and not squirm for 7 years and then try to point fingers at the aircraft.