In the US we have category C and D circling minimums that restrict your altitude and visibility depending on approach speed. It never lets you exceed 2 miles from the airport. How did they meander 7 miles away into the hills? I don't think EGPWS and automation on Airbus planes can prevent accidents like this if pilots do not adhere to standard procedures. Map shifts probably are a thing of the past. Seven years ago I did my last flight retiring into a dangerous mountain airport in Honduras and all of our aircraft had GPS so map shift ever happened. We made all turns visually using visual check points and it worked very well. Programming a computer to do the same thing is very time consuming and better spent looking outside.