If the wing did fall off or was damaged couldn’t that explain this? I seem to recall an F-15 that landed with one wing shot off and I thought he controlled it by doing something with the thrust on each engine to keep it airborne. Maybe I am mistaken.
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You are correct. Oddly, he did exactly the same as we are seeing here - one engine in full afterburner mode, one throttled way back to keep the plane almost steady.
Smart pilot, and savvy too. Pity he couldn’t have kept in the air for another 5 minutes.