Thanks TBT, I expect your thoughts are pretty much the true picture. A bit of an own goal though if mistakes were made.
Overall, it still surprises me, in these days of instant reporting and broadcasting, that the MOD does not seem to have suitable means to provide a rapid journalistic response to incidents at weekends and so, leaves the wider public to speculate wildly when incidents involving the Armed Forces occur. With the wide range of Service participation in public events there is the need for much faster information release to the public. There is no requirement for an "instant BoI", just some fast, informed, press release (probably based on quick communication by MOD with the Service unit/person responsible for the event).
At present, to the general public, the Services often seem to be unaware of what is going on and the journo's are left to make it up.
OAP