I thought for a second that was an ACARS transmission. Nope.
TBH Ive been thinking unless there was some extraordinary atmospheric effects going on theres no way the ILS vector could be that far out, although from about 10 000ft the pilot would be flying it himself (although it COULD land and stop* itself without their intervention).
Reports claim the plane lost all power and had to glide in. The odds of having to In Flight Shut Down both engines is very very remote (1 in 10 000 000 or thereabouts if not greater under FAR25), although having to IFSD one is more plausible (1 in 100 000 000), and an ETOPS requirement is adequate power to TOGA (Take Off Go Around) on one engine.
My thoughts involve a very late IFSD on one engine then a later decision to power out and TOGA (a turbine of that size will take 5-10 secs to spool to full power), odds are EVERYTHING would stall (engine and wings), lift would disappear then it'd just slide along the grass. But Im not investigating so I can only speculate with some specialist knowledge.
That pilot's amazing though. Im surprised it wasnt more messy than that.
* I think - I know some newer Airbus FBW ones can.
