I expected that recording to be much worse. Would have been a reasonably busy failure to deal with, with accompanying vibs, strange noises, burning smells etc. They planned to hold, but switched immediately to overweight landing strategy after learning of the nature of the structural damage.
I only listened to the recording once. Didn't hear "fooked".
His English proficiency is actually relatively good IMO.
Agree, I thought his English was good given the circumstances. I've played it back a few times and it sounds like he is saying fault.