The landing in shallow waters was a masterpiece (and showed the advantage of a contra-propellers setup). If only they shut the engines off there...
Ate Chuet (former Rafale-M pilot that comments the crash) thinks that the pilot had no time to go watch he tail state and was probably in a 'oops nothing happened there' mindset that is sadly not uncommon in aviation (these machines are expensive).
Herman Melville, in Moby Dick, spoke for wanderers in all epochs and meridians. He said "I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas..."