I loved the comment quote; 'I was on that plane last week and everything seemed normal'
Surprising how often that happens. I was on G-VSKY on 4th Nov 1997 flying into LAX, everything was perfectly normal. When it got back to LHR the following day, less than the regulation number of wheels came down. There was no hint of that the day before...
From the picture it looks like a good landing, well done the crew. I notice the report says it landed on the nosegear and the engine pods - are they really robust enough to take that sort of abrasion? Are they designed to withstand ground contact, given that it's going to happen if there's a gear malfunction.