Crap, the high AOA was needed to keep the thing in the Air as the speed bled off with no thrust......simple aerodynamics....
If he had lowered the nose back down to normal it would have impacted the water short of the sea wall just like Lion Air did in Bali.
Maybe then it would have floated intact long enough for all to EVAC without any deaths.......?
I do like the idea of a Shallow Boat style ramp instead of a rock wall... Not as silly as it sounds...