J-Class
"A combination of (a) + (b) leads to a non-event an an Emirates A380 being blown up out of all proportion. All I'm saying is, one shouldn't be entirely surprised by this."
Understand that, especially A but you need a third factor in the equation
for the "blown up out of all proportion" to occur.
That is a passenger going to the media after the event and the media doing what they do, making a mountain out of a molehill.
If the passenger hadn't gone to the media, would it have become a story ????