From a map I saw, he crashed slightly off-centerline of the runway, slighly off-axis, maybe a half mile from the threshold, so I think he was in the box.

The problem in the UK is airports don't have the luxury of lots of real estate. The motorway was close to/inside the box.

It appeared he had some wing rock (an indication of high AoA in many fighters) when he was about 70 degrees nose-low. This typically causes heading to be random on exit of the maneuver.

It would suggest he recognized he had a problem, and was desperately trying to fix it.

Very tragic. But not caused by being an Airbus pilot. Loops are normally not very difficult.