janeczku as far as I can understand, they (he) used autothrottle and flaps for descent control.
Somewhere in other forums I saw that it was "invention" of 39th ex-commander who taught that for all his pilots.
PS
SadPole, can you make some short resume from this "new point of view":
Decyzja dowódcy: 'Odchodzimy' - 22 sekundy przed uderzeniem w ziemi?