rather than from the purposely independent (E)GPWS
Indeed, scrubba, but I fear that the 'independence' is being progressively blurred as systems like T2CAS and TAWS or any terrain mapping system become commonplace, deriving information as they do from the FMC.
Apart from 'lost' or some misguided 'dive and drive' approach, does anyone have any idea why they descended before the FAF? The '530' AGL reported puts them at around 2800-3000' QNH at 11.5nm