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SAS Airbus A320neo almost collided with a temporary fence as it aborted taking off from a taxiway at Brussels Airport in February. The preliminary report published on Friday by Belgian authorities says the aircraft had reached 127 kt IAS before the thrust levers were moved to full reverse, and braking applied. Observing the end of the taxiway and a fence approaching, the first officer instructed a right turn to avoid hitting it. The captain, having observed that the forward view appeared increasingly narrow, did not respond immediately. The first officer later reported finding it unusual that the captain did not respond in accordance with SOPs, as normally expected. The first officer looked outside and immediately recognized that the aircraft was not on a runway. The first officer stated, “No, this is wrong,” and subsequently issued the command, “Stop, stop, stop, stop.” The captain initiated the stop almost immediately. The aircraft was not equipped with the optional Airbus Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS), nor with RAAS (Runway Awareness and Advisory System), a system offered by Honeywell. Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has already initiated the process of acquiring Airport Moving Map (AMM) functionality, which displays the aircraft’s real-time position on high-precision airport maps and enhances pilots’ positional and situational awareness during ground operations. The validation and analysis of parameters, as well as the analysis of the occurrence as a whole, are still ongoing. Full report: https://t.co/ipHl6hUyik