Jimmy,
It has nothing to do with "thinking outside of the box", and your lack of a "cristal ball" (sic) isn't really relevant either.
Putting your "Hollywood" fantasies to one side for a moment, pilots would deal with the repercussions of any incident or emergency by identifying the problem, and as time permits utilizing the remaining resources. Every incident is different, and in a complex machine the net result would likely involve a combination of actions and procedures to achieve a successful outcome.
Your scenario is silly. It assumes one result which is meaningless. When a bomb exploded in the cargo hold of a 747 over Scotland, it didn't much matter what damage happened to various other assemblies, because the result was catastrophic.
The good news would be, that it would stun the snakes!
