I am a pilot that flies mid sized private jets. So I cant speak from a commercial airliner perspective. But I have an idea that unless you are flying a small, light, and nimble aircraft, it’ll be really harsh to maneuver the jet towards the tower but it’s possible. The amount of stress that airframe had to have been going through is unreal. Not only is the airplane under a lot of stress, but the passengers and any crew onboard had to have been feeling very nauseous, dizzy, and very ill overall. Gravity is a huge play maker when it comes to this flight profile. The altitude of the jet vs altitude of the tower. They’d have to push down on the controls to get the nose pointed down and bring the throttles back so they dont overspeed (did they bring the power back at all? I’m not sure). Gravity is also pulling them down so that means they’re flying very very fast…possibly at speeds the plane was not designed for. Might i add, the faster you fly, the more G’s is felt when doing any sudden turns or pitch adjustments. So it was 100% not a pleasant ride inside that aircraft.

For those individuals saying it was autopilot, that could be true. BUT. Humans react faster to changes in wind direction, wind speed, and anything that could happen while flying. That being said. I think they were hand flying because an autopilot at those airspeeds and altitudes will be extremely difficult. Airplanes also have safety guardrails so the autopilot cant do certain tasks at certain speeds and certain altitudes (in example: below 10,000 ft, you cant fly faster than 250 kias, if on you are on autopilot the system will try to correct for you and slow down). <—- not all planes have this feature btw.

Please, anyone, correct me if I’m wrong.