I don’t think this situation was covered in his set in stone pilot manual, Steinar.
Or he could do what Pinestream said he did in the sim, TOGA and fly by trim. Except that would not have worked either.
What did the report say?
Contributing to the survivability of the accident was the captain’s timely and appropriate decision to reject the takeoff, the check airman’s disciplined adherence to standard operating procedures after the captain called for the rejected takeoff, and the dimensionally compliant runway safety area where the overrun occurred."