Bealine, Peter Fincham resigned. The dodgy edit was made by an independent company, RDF, and the person responsible was one of their most senior execs, Stephen Lambert; it was never meant for broadcast. It was a screw up by a company sub-contracted by the BBC, which blew up all over the BBC; and the contoller of BBC1 fell on his sword.
Believe me, BBC journalists don't seek out the gutter; they always want to do the best possible. Of course they're going to try and find people who were on the aircraft. Personally, I think BA's PR operation has done a reasonable job on this occasion, but they could have done better. The more they provide for the media, the less space there is for inaccurate speculation.