theamrad - the 'g/a' thing started here around #35 and by #140 the media were running with it (possibly from here?)
BOAC - I thought it was the other way around
– that it ended up here after a rumour in the media, with someone asking if it was true or not – but then isn’t that the problem with rumour – around and around it goes – where it started no-one knows!! 
I thought before the video came out – the attempt at a GA might have been at least a possibility – but the video seems (obviously) to suggest otherwise – that is unless it went really badly, along the lines of Rainboe’s earlier thoughts.
Unfortunately the 'video screen speed measurements' have even reached RTE here now - with the necessary stating of the obvious - I suppose they did at least mention the important bit - the FDR being sent off for analysis.