Much as I hate to prolong this incoherent discussion, I must take issue with this:
That a journalist called the DCA and airport authorities because he scanned the news and got the info by a clerk in some bumf@#k office in Nairobi is bad luck for the buddy. Maybe before sending the info to Reuters he should have checked with the upper management of the Airport Authority.
Absolute nonsense, simply not true.
The 'upper management' of the airport authority were uncontactable, as of course they would be during an emergency. The emergency was reported on local television because a member of the public phoned in to say there was an emergency in progress at the airport. The airport press liaison staff then contacted journalists (not the other way round) to say an emergency was in progress. Apparently they wanted to test their media handling as part of the drill. They won't make that mistake again.