algol, I agree with what has been said in the previous posts, but I want to stress that the Airbus telex on the Gulf Air accident said that the aircraft remained in TOGA from the start of the go-around until it crashed. I think this may have been a key issue in the accident. The Captain was not very familiar with the Airbus philosophy and may have thought that the autothrust was active, when in fact it was armed but would not become active until the thrust levers were moved back into the climb gate.
I wonder if there was some confusion amongst the crew on this one and whether they thought that the speed was being looked after, when indeed it wasn't.