Folks, I was not the FO on that flight. In fact, I am not even on that fleet. But my understanding is that the Captain is blaming the FO for not telling her that taxiway A1 was broadcast as closed on the ATIS. The FO assumed that A1 referred to the stand A1, but I agree that this should have been mentioned when he read her the ATIS. However, that is one aspect of the incident, and a very small aspect at that, but taking a handful of thrust and driving an A340-600 off the runway into the dirt is an entirely more serious aspect and one that will be very hard to justify.