Too much (superfluous) 20/20 fence talking going on here !
No matter what aircraft you fly, holding the stick back WILL lead to a stall
and, if lucky, remain stalled without going into a spin or spiral dive but..............at a high descend rate ! Pilots not interpreting the available information correctly was an unfortunate factor here.
This is what happened here and no theorising is going to change the unfortunate ending of many lives !