KA350
Yep
60/20/20
Out of a complex mess, that is probably as simple as it gets. PA & CASA set up a situation that sucked him in, but at the the 11th hour, he faled to do what a PIC should have. And repeatedly. And even when the chips were down he kept doing the same thing.
The definition of stupidity is to keep doing what you are doing, expecting a different result.
There were other approaches better suited, and FFS there was another approach with an illegal adaptation that would have worked better than ditching, but never tried. In fact the legal version of it was never tried. A runway aligned approach may have saved the day.
Not one was tried. Nor was a diversion.
60/20/20