No doubt this beat up is a result of QF picking up the phone to their ever loyal journos and telling their version of how (un)serious this is.
Of course if this had been a Qantas aircraft in Singapore, the Straits Times would have ignored it……..
Like Ken, I doubt Qantas had any part in the notification to journos. They have there own "Sensational story" sources……scanners…..twitter…..faceplant…..