Holy crap!
From the cockpit voice recorder:
01:53:13.2 HOT-2
there was a fatal accident in the UK and this is exactly what happened there.
01:53:28.9
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END OF RECORDING
The good: The copilot recognized they were in a dangerous situation very similar to one that had led to a fatal accident.
The bad: He said that fifteen seconds before their own fatal crash.