Mr.O
Well, it looks that way, but Airbus pilots are proud and dependent upon an almost universally safe a/c in the A330. It would not be unusual to defer to a/p once things had gotten 'safe' again.
Per the AD, and Savarin, when re-selected after UAS the a/p is known to command extraneous and dangerous Pitch excursions. Likely in this case to have instigated an unrecoverable upset, via Stall, overspeed, or Roll +.
sorry for barging in, I think Svarin has left the building,