I assumed the lavatory alarm sent the Egyptian commission irretrievably down the wrong investigatory path, and couldn't be pulled back.
That said, answering your question, an alternative interpretation would read quite a lot of missing context from the pilot's final words on the CVR:
> For several seconds, the weak sound of breathing continued, followed by the thud of an object falling to the floor. And then, uttering the last words of flight 804, words heard by no one save for that lonely sentinel, the CVR, he said, “[I] ask forgiveness from God.”
That's too much reading by a western observer who doesn't understand the religious and cultural aspect of things. This could mean anything from "hoping that God will help us in this difficult situation by admitting your sins" to someone who realizes it is almost the end and as someone who believes in after death then they want to ask forgiveness in the last moments.
I think I don't have enough cultural and religious context, but they look like standard last words to say. (Moreover, they feel like last words indicate that the whole crew and passengers were unrelate for the cause of the accident, but perhaps I'm reading too much.)
That said, answering your question, an alternative interpretation would read quite a lot of missing context from the pilot's final words on the CVR:
> For several seconds, the weak sound of breathing continued, followed by the thud of an object falling to the floor. And then, uttering the last words of flight 804, words heard by no one save for that lonely sentinel, the CVR, he said, “[I] ask forgiveness from God.”