Listening to the CVR I really found the ATC to be obtuse to put it mildly. They were told we are going in, get help moving and they keep coming back with useless babble.
To be fair you have two groups communicating in a second language so this is difficult but I would gives the flight crew much higher marks than ATC.
All things considered I do think the crew did a good job with the emergency
(They are getting one hell of a pass on the fuel uplift - shades of the Gimil glider)
20driver
Interesting side note. This site is always saying the pilots are being shafted with the release of CVR. Anyone one see a bit of hypocrisy in that? Would everyone be happier with an "official" summary of the transcript in this event.