Can anyone tell (from the International press at this stage) if the 747 ever got airborne so far? Apparently it did not.
Yes it did.......barely.
I believe the investigators said it got airborne with something like 150 meters of runnway left. Evidently not enough to clear the berm. After the tail came off the rest of the plane continued through the air into trees where the wings came off and the fuse hit the ground - breaking up.