Incident: Malaysia A333 at Brisbane on Jul 18th 2018, unreliable airspeed, hydraulic leak
I presume this is the incident, if it is, then leaving the pitot covers on would hardly have caused a hydraulic leak and nose wheel steering issues. It seems there is more to it.
The picture is simply an aircraft that appears to be on a ramp with the covers on, how do we know it flew with them on? All it takes is one numpty to invent something.