Originally Posted by
xetroV
No, the only FACT is that no one even knows whether the engines were running or not. To say that "they should have been able to keep the aircraft under control" without having any factual knowledge as to what may have caused this mishap is utterly stupid. That too is a fact.
Any pilot, when faced with a loss of thrust, or loss of airspeed, must lower the nose and maintain the airspeed.
These pilots did not maintain their airspeed. They LOST CONTROL of their aircraft. It doesn't matter what caused the loss of airspeed. They should have been able to maintain a flyable airspeed and then land on the flat ground before them.