They dodged a bullet that day. If they had got offshore and had the failure it would not have ended as well. If they had got to LHI with that load and not crashed on landing, chances are they would have on the next take-off. And if they had got airborne and had the failure half way to NLK they would have really found out the meaning of 'remote'.
But to read St Nick's posts under one of his two known aliases (some time ago), they really were heroes who saved the day. I am not religious, but perhaps there is truth in the saying - "The good Lord looks after drunks and fools and little children"