I’ve been in a small plane when the engine cut out. Kinda scary to say the least. Luckily it restarted and we landed ok. My point is that I have more confidence in a small plane drifting in for a landing than I do a 777. Big planes make me nervous. So was this just a dead engine or total control failure. I don’t remember the story now.
I took a few lessons in a Cessna 152 a few years ago. We did engine-out drills where the instructor cuts the engine at about 1500 feet and the pilot has to cork screw the plane down towards a suitable landing area. I was absolutely stunned by how long it took the plane to get down. As long as they are intact planes desperately want to fly.
A passenger video was filmed from the ditching, through the cabin egress...controlled flight ‘til the last piece stopped.