4468; I agree entirely, but we are looking at a third world operator with the airline owner/pilot/captain at the controls. Possibly he was flying that day because of the media attention, you get the picture.
I suspect he spent more time in the office than the cockpit. On a good day he could handle a normal flight. On this day he himself might have thrown the poo at the fan and perhaps had not enough familiarity with the a/c and its quirks to escape from the worst most critical situation. Plus, realising that you had seriously screwed up can cause uncontrollable panic.
I'd hate to have been the F/O, who might not have been able to overcome the ego of LHS, and who might have been saying, as it all went dark & quiet, "told you so. We should have landed at XYZ."