They were fortunate. I lost a friend on this one. If they had been able to retract the gear and if the stew hadn't moved the pax to the back of the airplane, the outcome may have been different. There were at least two other similar accidents, to my knowledge.
QB 255.
Big difference between an engine impeller and an aircraft propeller blade.
Nevertheless both are quite likely to penetrate a fuselage if they break apart.
Whole single blade losses tend to be the worst since they often break the gearbox and allow the remaining prop assy and gear box to linger about for awhile and end up on the wing leading edge surface.
I can't possibly tell from a news article what actually broke first