I'm not a PPL or invloved with the industry (just an interested observer), but lived in Southampton at the time of this incident. The street I live in is directly in line with the approach to EGHI when arriving from the Southampton side (on the big hill that gets in the way of the approach in fact!); I just happened to be wondering along doing my paper round as the 1-11 made its approach (I think an AirUK RJ70 normally left at that time, so I was a bit perplexed, especially as I knew BAC 1-11s didn't have much room for error on the short runway). It was clear that there was something up and it's certainly a sight that will remain etched in my memory. I'm glad everything turned out pretty well considering.
PS...my mum still lives in the street; you may see her run out of the house waving her fist if you happen to make a lowish approach or departure in a BAe 146 (which you may or may not wish to take as an invitation to do on purpose ;-) ).
Cheers!
Daniel