I agree with Darkwolf. I don't have a pilot's license but I have taken flight lessons and have logged about twenty hours of flight time. It really wasn't that dangerous of a situation, yes it could have proved fatal but an experience pilot (not me, I can hardly land on runway with a working engine!) should be able to handle it quite well. Modern airplanes are amazing gliders, even a fully loaded jumbo jet can glide for distances you wouldn't believe. In fact on hot days you often have to fight the plane in order to get it down, you can be sitting just a couple feet over the runway, engine idled, nose pitched up, and just keep coasting until there's no runway left! It still probably got the adrenalin flowing though, thats why I though it was a crazy ride.
