There are good landings and great landings. Good ones you survive. Great ones you can use the aircraft again.
Fact: we don't know if there was mechanical failure or not.
Fact: Mission Success
Fact: They all survived
All of the above = Good Landing
Fact: it is a rumour network, so speculation is OK I guess.
I heard that they externally loaded in an old blackhawk with a "figure this one out China, Tail Boom", dropped it on the wall, then set in on fire to give us something to natter about.