There appears to be a suggestion that the crew were led to believe the rock they flew towards was 'not very high" and therefore they did not bother to set the radar or avoid the rock. So far, the Swiss cheese barriers removed mostly by the crew seem to be,
1. Crew unfamiliar or not recent in the local area.
2. Despite 1 above, it is clear a very inadequate pre flight and en route brief ensued which failed to capture the lump of rock on the route they programmed into the FMS.
3. Truly **** cockpit briefing material (however, was not the co-pilot also the unit CP. If so is he not responsible for cockpit resources like this)
4. A failure to invest in the inherent safety benefits of a CDFA.
5. Incredulous acceptance of flying over radar targets at 200 feet in dark poor WX.
6. Failure to utilise FLIR image in the cockpit.
7. Failure to mandate HDG mode when it is the most appropriate mode during a RADAR letdown where the whole point is to avoid the blobs that appear by turning.
8. Overly complex crew SOPS whereby the PF seemed unable to make an immediate heading change in response to the rear crew call.
9. INAPPROPRIATE response to RADALT warnings.
I may not have captured them all but sadly, like it or hate it, this crew seriously underperformed and the cockpit briefing material just led them to the rock.