Originally Posted by
Willie Everlearn
In a 3rd or 4th generation aircraft, you aren't likely to lose the Hydraulic system fluid because of check valves in the lines,
It's happened since in Iraq -> Airbus + SAM = all hydraulics gone. They got it down too. So, unlikely, but not impossible.
There was however, some serious 'creative' manual flying going on and if they hadn't chopped the thrust on landing it probably would have made a greaser instead of a cartwheel. Capt. Haines presentation is awesome.
minor nitpick - they didn't cartwheel in. It's a common misconception - the video (and eyewitness accounts) all point to it, but they more likely saw the broken right wing cartwheeling rather than the aircraft. Haynes himself states that they did not cartwheel.