Originally Posted by
DarkSideMoon
They were very close to a stall when the event started. The shaker went off before the captain pulled up.
The shaker went off because they had the increased ref speeds selected. They were 5-6 degrees AOA (20ish knots) from an actual stall when it went off. They had no ice on the wings. So they nowhere near an actual stall. Read the report man, it's discussed in a lot of detail in there.