The fact that they break the law is incidental to the poor decision making and poor planning, peer pressure etc. The law breaking was a long way down the scale of this particular incident pit.
Do you not believe that if they had stayed legal i.e. not departed on the first flight the accident would not have happened?
Please explain how the accident would have happened if they had been IR qualified in an appropriately equipped aircraft and had completed the required pre-flight planning for both flights as well as complying with the approach ban requirements?
They broke the law, their deaths were as a direct result of that. The other issues are relevant but I can not believe that people think that if the second flight had more fuel and diverted to a landing at some other airfield that everything would be rosy.
No point in planning an illegal flight.
Regards,
DFC