Aviation has safety back ups from EGPWS, crew cross checks, MSAW, none of which were discussed from the journalist’s point of view.
Not discussed, OK....:
EGPWS - given circumstances ( configuration/position) - not sure but might not ever come into play.
Crew cross checks - good question - given the approach was "blown" well before the go-around what happened to those.?
MSAW - Sorry not my aisle so can't comment on whether that would or could have produced a "save"...
Fundamentally this was a visual approach ( albeit at night) that appears to have gone badly amiss...? As has been mentioned elsewhere essentially you fly to Dymhl and then follow the lights... No good blaming the journalist for the account and/or assume all would have been eventually saved by the technology, and also imply so it's sort of OK because there wasn't a crash..this was pretty darned serious, but we really need to know human factors were at play here...