I have no wish to speculate but it would appear that if Mike Walsh unreseveredly praises the Flight Crew, and have his PTR bods know the most first hand information then very probably the flight crew did indeed to an incredable job of get the aircraft down onto the best possible peice of ground.
I am only a PPl just staring out on the path to a commercial career but it does make me feel incredible proud to be entering a profession with such amazing proffesionals.
It seems that many people running airlines consider pilots as glorified bus drivers / minders and treat them accordingly. This incident I hope will make many of these people realise just why they are there and what an amazing job the can do when called upon.