I have been following this thread for a week and cannot believe what I am reading!
The fact that the pilot ran off the runway into the weeds is not the issue here. Instances of jet transport aircraft running off the runway are not a rare occurrence unfortunately. What is rare is that a so-called professional pilot would elect to attempt a takeoff in a jet filled with pax while bouncing across the tundra. It is absolute lunacy!
The pilot had no idea the aircraft was even CAPABLE of flight at that point. The aircraft had landed, the engines were at idle, energy was bleeding off. If anyone out there can propose any scenario where it would be preferable to add great gobs of energy with the faint hope of accelerating to takeoff speed before the aircraft breaks up, rather than doing what you can to stop; I would very much like to hear it.
The fact that there are not 70+ people dead is a miracle.