Not fabricated, unless ACARS was faked
Whoa there... you have your sources contradicting the BEA?
The aircraft had one lav inop, and also an audio panel inop....
Report makes the reference only that RMP3 was MELed. Page 31
Quousque tandem abutere, Lyman, patientia nostra?
EDIT:
EI-EAT is a wide body, a 300.
So? Did it have problems with sidesticks? Were there problems with communication to cabin?