Three pages of almost pure conjecture with a few solid posts.
All seems ops normal, I suppose.
The article in the Times of India and the follow-ups by the other rags are grossly inaccurate.
Here's what we know for sure (the rest is just gossip).
The aircraft made two unsuccessful attempts to land.
The crew decided to divert to Abu Dhabi. No great drama there. MCT was an option, but Abu Dhabi is what was decided. (Even Thumreit or Marmul would have done in a push!)
After about thirty minutes, the crew decided to return to Salalah and burst three tyres on the landing.
Statements about erroneous inputs into the FMC, landing below minimum reserve, pilot abilities and other comments at this stage are unfounded. We simply do not know what happened for now.
The main question for most out here is: Why the return to Salalah? Until all the details come back, we just have to sit and wait to find out, if ever, what happened.
Farrell