By the time that they realized the landing gear failed, they were likely only a 300-800 meters off the ground. While its certainly not impossible to do a go-around on one engine in a 737, the pilots likely feared they wouldn’t have enough thrust, and they would be better off attempting to land without landing gear which the aircraft is certainly capable of doing. It’s also possible both engines were down, in which case they wouldn’t have had much of a choice.
Given that it is only a 2-jet aircraft, I doubt a go-around would have been possible post-birdstrike.
Interesting, can you elaborate? As in they don’t have power for a go around?
By the time that they realized the landing gear failed, they were likely only a 300-800 meters off the ground. While its certainly not impossible to do a go-around on one engine in a 737, the pilots likely feared they wouldn’t have enough thrust, and they would be better off attempting to land without landing gear which the aircraft is certainly capable of doing. It’s also possible both engines were down, in which case they wouldn’t have had much of a choice.
You can go around on a single engine