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Is it possible they decided to throw away the approach at a height of around 2000ft, by arresting the descent, but somehow the auto throttle didn't wake up? Would that explain the 'long drift' down the runway and, having run out of airspeed, result in a stall and crash?
If the autotrottle did not wake up then the pilots were asleep also. Every aircraft I have ever flown be it Airbus, Douglas, Boeing, Lockheed you straighten out your throttle arm as the first thing on a GA. Not a terribly difficult thing to do.