Long time stalker, first time poster. Picked this up on another thread. The same thread offered a translation of the conversation between the photographer and pilot which said that she asked him if he'd been to the landing site before and he said that he had...
I am not qualified to comment or pass judgement, but did think this was worth contributing to your discussion - I hope you don't mind!
"The videos on youtube of this tragedy of which there are many show a reporter doing the flight to show what they could've expected upon arrival....power lines right over top of lawn they expected to land on."
Skip to @10:35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKpPg4un7Bw