Yet again the b vs. a has popped up - with at least two posts suggesting it wouldn't have happened so with a Boeing - BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
Without a hint or suggestion from any official source yet, and despite the logic presented much earlier in the thread - it seems the (so far) unfounded singular hero worship of the captain alone has resurfaced here, as well as being continually regurgitated in the media. Despite the fact that no-one here yet knows WHO was the handling pilot??? I'm thinking 'so much for CRM'!
Another occurance of power off glide on a transport category jet:
Garuda Indonesia, Jan 16 2002. Descending in wx, dual flameout, unsuccesful relight attempts, clear below 8,000 feet and glide to a succesful ditch in the Bengawan Solo river (which is a tadd narrower than the Hudson Rv). One fatality - seemingly not related to the forced landing itself...............Oh for the benefit of the a vs. b proponents - it was a B733 ...... and it didn't disintegrate.