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Compounding their navigational confusion was a last-minute decision offered by air traffic control for a new approach to runway 19. Eager to save time, the pilots rushed to prepare for this change in approach, leading them to neglect critical elements of their initial preparation for runway 01.
Under intense self-imposed pressure, the crew's focus narrowed dangerously. They became fixated on executing the rapid descent instead of reassessing their situational awareness, leading to a cascade of errors predicated on missing vital information regarding their actual position and course.