"Remember the "over the fence" BA Heathrow flight???
Plenty of fuel, but it didn't turn and burn...that was a "Tin" 'plane, with years of development and Empirical knowledge behind it."
Yes, but even as a lowly SLF. I also understand that the engines, while unable to provide the required thrust, were still producing adequate electrical power. They were turnin and burnin, just not quite fast enough! As I understand, even Capt. Sully's A320, with both engines damaged and not producing usable thrust, the engine generators were still producing electrical power and the A320 remained in normal law until splashdown.