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but in fairness you are in a helicopter. Can I highlight that in line with Maoraigh1, I do not think this particular crash, which prompted the OP, was a scud running incident.
From the little I know about the unfortunate couple in Scotland, it would sound like a loss of control from "altitude", rather than scud running. Scud running crashes are more typically more CFIT in somewhat level attitude. I have no knowledge of the capability of the aircraft and pilot, but obviously something was not quite as much as needed.
The key is to recognize the increasing factors, as they gang up on you, before it matters.