Shortest take off roll ever? Take Off Clearance Cancelled at last moment. Manchester Airport.

This Virgin Atlantic 747 was seconds away from take off when ATC cancelled the clearance. A British Airways A321 was on approach and coming through thick fog when they were instructed to go around, it was probably less than a minute away from touch down.

The 747 had just about done his 30 second engine run up when ATC cancelled the take off clearance (1:18). The Jet had just released brakes and moved a very short distance before stopping abruptly.

Does this count as a take off roll, albeit a very short one? If not, why not? All comments appreciated.

After a short while to prepare again, the 747 advises ATC he's now ready to depart and a second take off clearance is given. This actual take off is shown from two cameras to illustrate the very low cloud ceiling.

A bit of background... I only uploaded this as a curio but it's turned out to be my most viewed video. I have a Robin to thank for this. When I arrived it was thick with fog and I was packing up to go home when a Robin landed within a few feet of me. I told him to stay put and I'd be back with some meal worms for the wee fella, I found a pet shop in town and came back with his meal worms. By this time the fog had lifted somewhat so I decided to stick around and ended up filming this incident.

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