An air traffic controller at Florida airport cancelled the takeoff clearance for Southwest Flight 3278 after the aircraft began its takeoff roll on a taxiway that runs parallel to the runway ...

WELL, IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A PILOT FOR A MAJOR AIRLINE COULD MISTAKE A RUNWAY FOR A TAXIWAY, BUT IT HAPPENED. AND IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THURSDAY MORNING.

(NewsNation) — An air traffic controller prevented the potentially dangerous departure of a Southwest Airlines flight on a Florida airport taxiway on Thursday, according to the Federal Aviation ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Southwest Airlines flight almost took off from a taxiway — rather than a runway — at a central Florida airport on Thursday before an air traffic controller stopped the ...

According to the airline, flight 3278 from Orlando to Albany, New York, "stopped safely on a taxiway at Orlando International Airport this morning after the crew mistook the surface for the nearby ...

An air traffic controller instructed a Southwest Airlines jet to abort its takeoff on Thursday after it began to accelerate on a taxiway instead of a runway at Orlando International Airport.

AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DEPARTURE AT THE ORLANDO AIRPORT. WE’RE GIVING YOU A LIVE LOOK AT THE AIRPORT ...