Discussion on the safety and human factors aspects of this incident is running here:-
http://www.pprune.org/safety-crm-qa-...ml#post4878565
One question asked (as yet unanswered), was if the aircraft was fitted with EGPWS. Presuming that it was then at what altitude would an alert be given?
I think that the incident provides a salutary lesson, particularly with the similarities of those incidents described in
TAWS Saves.