As a reminder, a microburst after take-off put a Pan Am 727 into the ground from 150 feet altitude (Flt. 759, Kenner (New Orleans), 1982).
No survivors. In a weird way, this flight was "lucky" if the microburst (if real - high probability) prevented it from getting significantly airborne, if at all. Of course, 36 years ago we were only just starting to get a handle on detecting and handling microburst threats.
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Any followup on the original reports of engine failure? Was that just "fog of war?" If real, what are the odds it was caused by hail or rain ingestion from the same weather event? cf: take-off video.
On the positive side,
AvHerald quotes hospital as saying the captain is recovering from spinal surgery and can move arms and legs.
