This thread is probably started by some one having a grudge against Emirates to re-open the deep wound just about to be forgotten.
It is more than 2 year old history and any legal documents would be buried deep into the sand dunes.(2 years max safe keeping).
The rumor came from the epic-centre of the volcano in Dubai.
2 operational crews, 1 observer in cockpit.
Strangely, airmech had a better infor/rumor than the pprune here with rumors more than facts. That was 2 years ago.
Needed a longer runway? - Aircraft Engineers Bulletin Board
May be the engineer (airmech) is more down to earth (ground engineer) than the crews dreaming (flying) in the sky.