The following quote is from Chris Goodfellow as posted on Google+. He has 20 years experience as a Canadian Class-1 instrumented-rated pilot for multi-engine aircraft.
In the 1998 crash of Swissair DC-10 off Nova Scotia was another example of heroic pilots. They were 15 minutes out of Halifax but the fire simply overcame them and they had to ditch in the ocean. Just ran out of time.
Not to question his expertise, but the Swissair DC-10 was an MD-11. They communicated quite a bit during the whole emergency and they were well trying to dump fuel and land in Halifax when they have been taken over by fire, and went down like a stone. They never tried to ditch in the ocean with a fire and in the middle of the night.
Before complaining about the lack of skills in journalism, he should also make a quick google search to check his facts ...