It is only a news report....thus some poetic license must be allowed. The observation about the engine is so telling. The photo of Rupert bending over and peering at what used to be a turbine engine....as compared to the written account does beg the imagination a bit.
As to the Shade tree....now that might have put a mechanic out of business you know?
A helicopter crashes into your neighbors house....and you don't go outside to see what the ruckus is about? Time to move neighborhoods I think.