Corky Scott wrote:

He was halfway down the runway and for some reason felt he had to make
a decision about whether to takeoff or not. This is the part I don't
understand. Why did he have to takeoff or not? Couldn't he have
simply shut the engine down?


He said that he knew he wouldn't have been able to stop in time without
hitting trees, so he elected to take-off instead.
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