This is truly alarming. As has been said, if the Autothrust fails, the thrust is locked. Of course it may have failed during deceleration/configuration so it probably(?) failed at idle to allow the aircraft to decelarate to AlphaFloor.
WHO WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT?!! AVIATE, navigate, communicate. ECAM is secondary - make sure your not going to fall out the sky!!! This scenario however is what Alpha Floor was designed for. It appears to have rescued the crew from basic inattention.........
For this to be AF (again) post AF447 is really worrying. No doubt the report will provide the details.
A4
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