I'm not sure that an NTSB typo really should call into question the rest of the story --
These NTSB preliminary reports are probably typed by someone who's more often doing train, bus, tanker, or pipeline reports - and they're probably not proofread.
e.g. "On February 20, 2005, a British Airways Boeing 757-400, registration G-BNLG, experienced an engine failure shortly after takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport, called PAN, and request to divert to Manchester, United Kingdom. The point of intended landing was Heathrow International Airport, London, United Kingdom. There were no injuries to the 370 persons on board and the airplane landed safely."
The "oopses" here don't invalidate the whole story, do they?