When the plane started to accelerate on the parallel taxiway instead of the runway, an air traffic controller canceled the ...

A Southwest Airlines flight began its takeoff roll on a taxiway at Orlando International Airport before air traffic controllers intervened.

A Southwest flight nearly took off from a taxiway in Orlando, but an air traffic controller averted the error.

At first glance, a runway and a taxiway might seem interchangeable, but for a pilot to confuse the two could have ...

Officials say 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.