Part 7/11:

Amid all of the chaos, teamwork became the lifeline of the flight crew. By sharing their knowledge and experience, they focused on creating a mental picture of the aircraft's degraded performance and on which systems were functional. Despite the confusion and uncertain conditions, they managed to implement a decisive plan to approach landing, weighing their remaining options carefully and deciding to keep the passengers on board— for the moment— as exiting posed potential risks in a still-fluid emergency context.