Originally Posted by
gstaniak
Edit: guys from a polish aviation forum confirm that the latter should have been expected, and that at least the quick access recorder should have recorded the event of pressing the "go-around" button. That's the recorder that was sent by Russians to the Polish manufacturer a few days after the crash, as they weren't equipped to read it.
The polish report lists as one of the direct causes of crash, the crews attempt to go-around in automatic mode.
Still its not clear if they draw that conclusion from an actual button press event having been recorded on the QAR or from the CVR transcript where the PIC says: "In case of failed attempt, we go-around in automatic mode".