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Bell Ringer, I tend to agree with your remark concerning the outcome of poor decisions.
I was responding to your notion that one may still operate at night from an unsuitable (or unapproved) landing site, provided one files for IFR. I would think this is incorrect. A flight under IFR cannot land at an aerodrome which is in IMC at the time, unless - as a minimum - that aerodrome is equipped with instrument landing facilities.
I may have miscommunicated what I intended.
For night ops there are minimas required for facilities, currency and visibility. From the various translations of reports it would appear that this flight did not meet the all the requirements and should not have been conducted.
Naturally ops under IFR have different requirements.
In this neck of the woods it's easy to try find a way to make regulations work for your benefit especially if you find a need to justify your actions to a man with a clipboard in a high viz jacket.
I doubt that would work in Austria though. At least I hope not.