Well, that's not a glide issue - it basically took out all vertical controls of the aircraft and was unrecoverable. No amount of gliding capability would've helped that aircraft, because there was no longer a way to control it.
Doesn't even take a collision - a similar loss of control befell the unfortunate Alaska 261, all because of a faulty worn down jackscrew:
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