In the absence of any hard facts to the contrary then at face value the crew did a good job. Well done. The passengers are back safely and the technical investigation can begin although that won't stop ill informed speculation here on pprune!
Regarding diverting to another airport then I imagine those comments are made by non pilots as it would be usual for the flight crew to want to return to their home base in a high workload situation. That doesn't mean that that aspect will not be examined by the AAIB. My experienced of chatting to AAIB inspectors is that they look at everything.
Del Prado 9L is the longer runway so that would make it a good choice all things being equal.
Last edited by BBK; 24th May 2013 at 15:03.