I’m not watching TV news so I’m not exposed to as much aviation info. Are you seeing a possible malfunction reason for these two signals to be turned off at separate times? Or that this info might not be accurate?
I think the info is badly explained or knowing ABC, deliberately mis-interpreted to fuel speculation in order to grab web hits which generates advertising income.
Concentrate on how the article is written and presented; it’s clear that nobody official made the “juicy” statements, those interpretations are all added by experts and sources or consultants. That’s just BS reportage.