Yes this was true. The excuse was he was given early descent and hold and instead of good airmanship dictating he divert to Stansted because like the Captain of SQ6 he was afraid of bucking the system and afraid of facing those on the 4th Floor who under De Vaz and now ex Generals use fear and intimidation which makes SIA an inherently unsafe Airline but of course the passengers love the IFE etc etc.
The culture of loss of face rules.
Just look at how the CEO still tries to justify losing $2Billion on reckless investments in Virgin and Air New Zealand saying they must not let this loss affect future minority equity stakes in other Airlines which have proved disastrous for Swissair and now SIA. Cannot lose face lah!!