Yesterday I saw Air Crash Investigation about this accident. It was the 1st time I'd seen it. I am not an Airbus pilot, but Boeing hydraulics. From those in the know was the TV program accurate? It did include many new aspects that I had not heard before. It also seems the captain is still trying to clear his name from blame.
Regarding the choice & change of RWY, it stated that the only data given by AF was from the tarmac RW02, but on arrival they saw the crowd aligned along RW34 and so deviated at the last moment causing them to be high and hence at idle thrust.
It did quote the captain as calling for A/T disconnect at low level. Why would he do that? It did confirm the brief was for a flypast >100' but they descended and for a moment were <30'. This is quite obvious from the video.
But back to the question: was the program accurate?