I think they were probally tring to say the other two landing gears were undamaged, which to joe public would have made sense. We would not notice laymans terms on other subjects i am sure.
I heard of a case at a court many years back on which someone i knew was on the jury and the judge/magistrate had to stop the proceedings umpteen times for the evidence to be simplified for everyone to undestand what was actually going on, not only that we have a language in aviation that is very particular to our field.
All i am trying to say is that it is easy to be critical.