Sure but that needs to be set up and configured. I just don’t think there’s enough time in the scenario for ATC to guide a non-pilot to do it. And if they got that guidance, why no flaps and gears? I am quite convinced the pilots themselves had control of the aircraft.
There was a video of a layman in a pilot seat (in a professional simulator) guided over radio landing plane with just few simple actions.
Here, found it - https://old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1dhi0...