At 2:10:22 "....ALTERNATE LAW..." PNF
[BEA]"The flight control law switched from normal to alternate at about 2 h 10 min 05. The alternate law adopted was alternate 2B and it did not change again subsequently."
The PNF took 17 secs to note and verbalize the LAW change.
Once slowed by ( 'elevators only' climb, ) the a/c switched to ALTERNATE2 and the THS started cranking again....
The aircraft was effectively stalled before the THS passed 5°NU.