Finally, anyone in favor of the tail-struck-first scenario could please explain the puzzle I posed a few days ago, namely how one can get an AoA of 16°+descent path angle on an A330 at approach-like speeds. So far, no one has tried.
I suggested an accelerated stall, at very low height, but it was dismissed on grounds of the A330 AlphaMax protection.
However, a quick scan brought up several tailstrike cases in A330, A340 and A320 aircraft (on takeoff as well as landing), so evidently AlphaMax protection is not always effective in preventing a tail first contact. Can anyone elaborate?