What’s changed from when they arrived is the fact they were departing — a completely different experience. They were heavily loaded, inexperienced, and no doubt nervous. The assumption here is that they hit trees at the end of that narrow runway, but it’s just as likely they horsed it off too early and veered into trees along the side because they were airborne below VMC. In that situation you can get a control reversal where trying to stay away from the trees actually makes it worse. Imagine their realization. What would you do?