Pilot Error
I agree, Prospector. This crew could have done better. At least one AirNZ crew that we know of, when faced with similar conditions, decided to divert. You would obviously have done the same, whereas Desert Dingo would have ended up "spread all over the mountain". The problem I have is that once they were off the ground, there is no one discreet incident that anyone can point to and say "That was an error".