As said with no hydraulics the gear would have been lowered by the alternate system, therefore leaving the gear doors open and a hell of a gale blowing around the wheel well, hopefully providing some additional cooling to the electric flap motors to allow you possibly that bit of extra time to get them in the best position to make an approach from. When the chips are down you have to try whatever you can pull from your bag of tricks and not leave it in "the hands of a---h"
