One consideration I have not yet seen anything about is the weight and balance issue ie how the payload was distributed.
A 30% load factor, if not distributed through the cabin appropriately can lead to extreme trim conditions on any aircraft type. And I mean where passengers were actually sat as opposed to how the load sheet shows them to be. Baggage, in common with most LoCo operators was probably light and misloading of these alone would probably not make much difference but in combination with wrongly sat passengers it could make a difference. A poor physical trim of the aircraft could well contribute to any subsequent handling difficulties, as being discussed predominantly on this thread.