Mountains alone do not a CFIT make.
There's mountains all over the place on that particular flight path. Would have been quite an achievement not to hit a mountain on the way down.
It's only CFIT if the flight is under normal operational control at the time of impact.
If the pilot sent a Mayday (though I haven't seen any report of such) then it suggests that some other situation had developed prior to the accident - perhaps resulting in a loss of control.
If this is the case, the accident wouldn't be classified as CFIT. And therefore there's no contradiction.