Fizix said
It is an amazing outcome indeed ... all the holes in the cheese lined up!
Actually, using the old Swiss cheese model, the crew stopped the unfolding event and thus they were the final barrier that kept this from being an event with fatalities. There are
no procedures really for a dual engine failure, low altitude followed by a ditching in a
river near an inland city. This is where good airmanship and a team comes into play.
And in some ways, it highlights the fact that not all events can be managed through SMS or TEM or the most current jargon. A good aviator with a good crew is going to have to improvise in very unusual situations. And there is not going to be a checklist, a procedure, a policy that can cover such events. This is not to say that it is not going be be tried, however.