Originally Posted by takata
this 340 was, a priori, in an real overspeed situation (going close to Mach 0.89) in those turbulences. Then a pitch up seems to me appropriate, manual or automatic (and better in auto mode if those pilots were shaken enough as not being able to monitor their speed, already too fast at the first place). Calling it an "overspeed" incident, might be more adequate but sound much less dramatic than an "AoA incident".
Maybe you need to read the Airprox report more thoroughly. The report says quite clearly that pitch-up was not due to the overspeed condition, but was caused by the "projected" AoA reaching alpha-prot, thereby activating the High Angle of Attack protection.
Regards,
HN39