a cock up .. yes.. but by the grace of god on that one departure the Captain didn't need to yell "STOP!"....
As for the rest of it.... runway 27 in YMML and Runway 34R YSSY...... I'm sure there is not much more than 450m when we unstick (maybe a little more on 34R with the 200m displaced threshold but god it looks like it could make a bad day worse), as with most places that have limiting runways.
Lady luck was looking out that day, but wouldn't have been the first T/O with incorrect V speeds. Just ask the guys in AKL who clean the rubber of the runway, they still get nervous whenever they see a Singapore 747 line up at the far end. I was in stitches when I overheard the quiver in that guys voice. I think they vacated none the less
