IronDuck makes some good points. But there is one thing about flying. You have to do things quickly, but even more importantly you have to do things correctly.
The plane could have easily followed the river rather than over fly the densley populated area. On some of the maps of the ground track, I honestly though the plane turned due to not handling the engine out well.
Flying does cost money to do things correctly . And only the lawyers will make out on this flight.