Air traffic controllers stopped Southwest Airlines pilots who mistakenly attempted to take off from a taxiway at Orlando International Airport Thursday. The Boeing 737 reached 80 mph on a taxiway ...

A Southwest Airlines flight nearly took off from a taxiway instead of a runway on Thursday. According to the airline, flight 3278 from Orlando to Albany, New York, "stopped safely on a taxiway at ...

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 plane, officials said.

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.