https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/fiery-emergency-landing-on-the-gold-coast-got-into-a-lot-of-trouble/news-story/108b3e88d4386c454749ff726ad690bb
At the end of the news report she states "this was lucky escape for them".
It was nothing of the sort - having gone in and out of OOL while they circled (near on 3 hours, not the "one" stated), they remained incredibly calm and professional, even with numerous jet traffic coming and going, and day turning to night.
They did multiple low passes when requested, allowing ground personnel to spotlight them to determine if any of the efforts to lower the main left had worked. Obviously it remained up, and they made the most minimal risk landing possible (low fuel and electrics off).
No idea who the boys were in there, but both of them handled it incredibly well, along with the bloke in the tower who was getting smashed with update requests from other departures, arrivals, enroute etc.
A professional repsonse all round!