Having seen the article in Flight, I have just had a quick scan through the full report. All I can say is the whole event seems quite amazing, let alone the camera issue.
A few that spring to mind are:
- Flight authorised 2 days before the trip! And then the authoriser could not be contacted when there was an issue (1 less cabin crew)
- Lack of knowledge of en-route diversions - I know you aren't able to know everywhere you can land, but a military aircraft flying over many countries, you might think it is something that would have been thought about. 500nm is quite a way to go.
- If the Captain was alone in the cockpit, why wasn't his seat in the correct position to be able to control the aircraft?
Anyway, thankfully the aircraft helped them in this case...