I can not believe there is a 28+ page debate on this and it is still going on.
This accident was because they landed half way down the runway and for no other apparent reaon.
If the crew followed the stabilised approach philosophy which most of the time requires the aircraft to be fully configured on speed and on the correct glidepath by 1000ft or 500ft and then touchdown within the touch down zone none of this would have happened.
If your aircraft is flying you instead of you flying it you shouldn't be there. Simple as that.