RetiredF4;
Thanks for your elaborate explanation, with which I partially agree, but not quite. The airplane stalled a few seconds before 02:11:00, when the THS had hardly moved. The longitudinal control law imposes a certain pitch rate in response to the SS demands. If the THS had not moved, that pitch rate would have required a larger deflection of the elevator, but the pitch rate and hence AoA achieved would not have been significantly different, until the elevator reaches its stop. As to the THS being 'a mighty thing', that is true, but should not be exaggerated. According to Owain G's post, 10 deg of THS is equivalent to 15 deg of elevator. Therefore I agree that the effect of less THS as the airplane got deeper into the stall would have been somewhat lower AoA's, but that's about it.