ah sorry, perhaps a wrong assumption on my part.
From the fact that he had been in contact with the approach frequency i assumed it was his first contact, as directed by the plate, early on
Coming from the UK he would have arrived from the west, where he crashed.
So thank you for correcting me, I have no other knowledge than you guys/girls.
Point is however if he was close to the VOR when he made the (possibly first but certainly last) contact, his turn away from the procedure (possibly to RWY 13 as was earlier suggested, although not confirmed in the press), he went well outside a normal pattern to join right base for 13