Third hand quote accuracy???
I'd suggest that those quotes on all sides are likely very inaccurate, and were taken out of context,.... and were not even properly understood in a relevant context by the recipient? Usually only by finding the aircraft remains, and examining key components such as the E2 and E3 racks or their components, or perhaps information from definitive implicit or explicit sources such as a QAR, CVR, or DFDR, could a useful assertion, let alone a conclusion like that even be reliably made. Otherwise, those kinds of statements at this stage generally reflect a significant media misunderstanding of simple restatements of design objectives and requirements, or certification assumptions or criteria, and not an investigation fact.