I think this is perfectly appropriate as I think the function of auto-throttle will be a major, if not THE major contributing factor in this accident
Surely monitoring airspeed while *verifying* A/T is doing the right thing would have resulted in the throttles being pushed forward and a go around issued at the first sign of strangeness? Sitting there and waiting for A/T to react and then doing *nothing* until the last few seconds isn't going to help matters. More accurately, lack of airspeed monitoring and appropriate reaction to it is THE major contributing factor.
Korean newspapers running stories on "mechanical failure" etc. is just typical face-saving nonsense.