The decision of the cc not to exceed it needs to be respected too.
I remember a situation a few years ago when the door was closed and the aircraft was pushed back only to remain at a hard stand for a considerable time.The CC had no chance or ability to contact anyone and could obviously not leave the aircraft to exercise their right not to extend.
Luckily,this sort of thing happens very rarely.Hour limitations are there for a purpose
Until the facts surface none of us know what happened or if anything happened.
To be fair Tail Wheel,if there are substantiating facts it is no longer a rumour.
As for credibility,how do you judge a rumour?
Captain fathom is right as the media seem to do very well with stories having no facts and even less credibility but they run for a long time