<<If this had been anywhere near true it would have been all over the media. I don't believe a word of it.>>
I have no knowledge of this current incident but, based on my experience over a long time, I wouldn't doubt it one bit. I have been involved in perfectly normal, safe, go-arounds which suddenly became "seconds from disaster" simply because some pop-idol prat was on board and mouthed off to everyone on landing. I also experienced a passenger ringing ATC to file an airmiss!!! He'd seen something "alongside" during a bank in a holding pattern and insisted that it had been dangerous... wanted the pilot and controller suspended, etc. You can't believe the loonies who get on aeroplanes (at the back, that is!!)