Funny - I've seen the footage lord alone knows how many times and not once did I hear anything indicating a compressor stall. The engines were *spooled down*, because that's what had been ordered to try and fudge the rushed approach.
The aircraft *did* gave him alpha max, but alpha max was *limited* by the airspeed. To have increased the AoA much further would have induced a stall and probably would have killed most of the people on board.
Now - AF447 please.