What i'm saying is that it's important to ascertain if there actually is smoke present, or whether it's just an alarm that's been activated. There many cases every year of false warnings so to initiate a full diversion and evacuation on a warning alone is not sensible.
If there was smoke, finding the source is important. While that is being done, a precautionary descent and diversion can be started. If it's serious, you're already on your way to a landing. If it is resolved, time to re assess your position and options.
Sure, of course this pilot might have known something about the specific plane he was flying, and that it had already had two emergency landings in the previous few weeks.
Add to that, we don't know how much "experience" this pilot actually had, he might have had less than a few thousand hours, and thus very little experience handling emergencies.
For all we know, this was his first flight in the left seat, and had a 200 hour co-pilot.
It is KAC airlines.