Glide speed
Am convinced after having issued the MayDay call the crew were committed to force land/ditch..there was no time to calculate the weight and rfer to the QRH for the best glide speed in the 2 minutes they had...rather just regress to the last best known speed..the white bug speed and ensure enough visibility out of their windshieds to survey the flightpath and maneuvre away from obstacles whilst looking for the least damaging spot they could settle their plane onto.There must have ben quite a bit of cockpit chit chat
In that sweaty cockpit that day.Is the CVR out for us to hear?
Yeah yeah..they might have climbed to MSA before shutting down an engine...but remember "Flame out" was the indication they had.They might have attempted to relight before shutting down using Igntiers A/B.Certainly had they had the resolve to keep on climbing with engines producing some power without feathering or shutting down..perhaps perhaps...who knows...but their reaction was driven by their recognition of Engine flame out..even if as we have so far supposed..identifying the wrong engine.