It's now reported that the crew did not try a go around at any time.
" Jet probe rules out 'go around'
Réal Levasseur, the lead investigator of Air France's Flight 358 crash, said that pilots didn't attempt a "go around" before or just after touchdown.
The Airbus 340 landed nearly a kilometre too far down the runway.
So far the investigation has found nothing mechanically wrong with the aircraft too."
(from Radar Vectors)