Raising the flaps on short final worked for the captain of the BA 777 whose engines flamed out due to fuel line blockage with ice at Heathrow a few years ago.
He didn't have the luxury option of adding more power and the manoeuvre got him over the perimeter fence onto the airport rather than crashing on houses.
So the trick must have some merit........
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8505163.stm
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