Still, if you take the Munich example there is a risk of misidentification, since there are typically lots of LH A320s around.
The problem is also that the intersection take-offs at EDDM are usually conducted from the high-speed turn-off twys for the opposite direction rwy, in this case 26L. This means that acft holding for an intesrection take off are at an angle of 25-30 degrees to the rwy in use and it might be hard for
them to see what is happening back there at the rwy threshold, epsecially
when the sun is setting. So in that particular case situational awareness
is certainly reduced.
Just some thoughts.
Do you have any information what the visibility was the day this incident happened?