Seem to remember just a couple of weeks ago seeing a news article on this incident. It was highlighting the fact that after the incident the Captain of the aircraft was hauled over the coals by CASA and ultimately lost his licence. It was regained eventually but his career was over due to the 'stigma' surrounding this. Very unfortunate as I think it is generally accepted now that this tech crew did an absolutely amazing job in getting this thing down and everyone off. You would be able to count on one hand then incidents of passenger aircraft successfully ditching without the loss of life.
This crew should of been 'praised' not hung out to dry.