Migawd - is it dumbth or is it Memorex?
TWO conflicting 'versions' - of a necessarily complex sequence of human interactions - have been 'reported'. Nowhere yet! - is there anything Like, "independent witnesses, whose stories ~agree and are consistent with the few 'factoids' we THINK we noticed"? amidst the eviently *contradictory* hearsay.
The authority-story (if we ever hear much more of it) May be more nearly correct.
The person-story (if we ever hear.. yada yada)
This has ALL been an exercise in: which SIDE does one automatically credit the MOST, given insufficient data (even to find this &^#$^*# airport).
Who *flunked* this test? THAT's the ONLY question we can answer with Authority via this exercise. The rest.. is just
Personal Rorschak tests.
A.