I don't know 'obie' I found the comments interesting. The only thing that maybe is incorrect was the pilot flying on that first leg. I read elsewhere & am happy to be corrected that the PF initially was the Coey, PNF was probably getting an eye full of birds. I also read that the flight lasted around 5 mins, can only assume that total thrust loss wasn't straight after lift/off but perhaps was winding down slowly, comments from 'bus' drivers?
The Capt's glider experience reminds me of the B767 that they pilots turned into a glider & landed on a drag strip (old rwy). If I recall the pilot (one of them, coey I think) was a glider pilot & knew the actual area they found themselves in whilst it was very quiet in the cockpit.
One wonders in a few years to come whether this event will end up a movie or a doco.
Few will ever experience that almost unbelievable short flight. Would love to hear the CVR.
Wmk2