You are describing an EXTREME situation.
Did You try it on some safe anchorage , with minimum speed and on DSAHD informing/consulting the Engineers prior doing it ?
If not, then try it and come back with your impressions/remarks. We can pass judgements they made a correct decisions from the comfortable chair of the hindsight . We do not know all the details and circumstances and I am not sure the investigation revelations will be made public.