Wasn't the issue also to do with the tail plane being masked by the wing/flap at high AoA thus reducing effectiveness in stall recovery. I think the 727s exhibited something called the "deep stall" for the same reasons.....beyond a certain AoA you couldn't push forward to break the stall.
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