Okay, we all know that the press occasionally get things wrong. So too do laymen, from whom the press will seek to gain comment.
However, this article in the Yorkshire Post seems pretty good. Apparently many of the problems have been due to vapour locks, perhaps explained by the high altitude field theory.
Yorkshire Post
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Char