Mr.Q. Yes it was true. Flt was from Cuba to LGW diverted into St.Johns Newfloundland with burning smell in cabin. As per ButtonMonkeys post. "Cause of the burning rubber smell...........? An intermitantly slipping rubber compressor drive belt in a galley chiller unit. Impossible to identify at the time.
No lightning strike, No flightdeck fire or smoke, no double flameout, no refused permission to land.
Just a few moments in a dark cabin with an over active imagination, subsequently sexed up by a journo with no integrity