Dozy #324 ish,
That gliding centre was unusual in that it WAS possible to do a low over-shoot in a glider. The other six or more that I had used were on flattish airfields. I had seen others using that technique, so my Instructor did not have a scared pupil - and he spoke in Franglais to me. ( Their Met man and I used the plotting symbols for a restricted conversation ... A common language of sorts ?)
The Report on AF296 stated that " TOGA is applied at 12.45.35. Four seconds later, the aircraft begins striking the tree tops."
Being now 15 degrees NU and at 122 kts... While the engines operated to specification, they did not have very long to have their effect on the aircraft.
THAT is why I would like to count aloud the number of seconds to get power from Flight Idle to TOGA ( On a sim, of course !)
LT