[John Carey]

One controller and should have been two, controller cleared the aircraft on to the runway then
turned his back and never saw what runway the pilot used, runway redesigned a few weeks ago and neither pilot had been there since. CLASSIC aircraft and ship accident situation....at least three people at fault and everyone
too casual....so 50 people are dead.

I did aircraft and ship accident reviews in the military for a spell. They are all like this one....

[SmoothTalker]

Sounds like it to me. A lot of small mistakes by a lot of people led to this. Clearly in hindsight having an understaffed tower, a new runway design, and confusing markings would increase the chances of a pilot making a deadly mistake.

[Clive]

"I did aircraft and ship accident reviews in the military for a spell. They are all like this one...."

The crash itself is always the terminal event of a cascade.

[VOA]

I did aircraft and ship accident reviews in the military for a spell.
They are all like this one....

I think I heard an aviation accident investigator say that he was
stunned by how many times the last sound on a flight cabin recorder
is somebody humming or quietly singing.
Probably apocryphal, but it does sort of fit with some of the
crash-tape transcripts I've read. Except for the panic at the last 5-10 seconds.

[Hardastarboard]

I did aircraft and ship accident reviews in the military for a spell.

I'll bet you've got some great "sea stories".