Southwest Airlines flight 3278 attempted to take off from a taxiway at Orlando International Airport on Thursday, March 20, around 9:30 a.m.

(AP) — A Southwest ... a taxiway after the crew mistook the surface for the nearby runway, officials said. But air traffic controllers canceled the clearance before the plane could take off.

A Southwest plane inadvertently started to take off from a taxiway instead of ... The event is reminiscent of an Air Canada flight that nearly landed on a taxiway in San Francisco in 2017.

A Southwest ... on a taxiway after the crew mistook the surface for the nearby runway, officials said. But air traffic controllers canceled the clearance before the plane could take off.

A Southwest Airlines flight nearly took off from a Florida taxiway on Thursday before an air traffic controller stopped the potentially dangerous departure, officials said. The incident involving ...

A Southwest Airlines flight nearly took off from a Florida taxiway this week before air traffic controllers stepped in. The incident involved an Albany, New York-bound flight taking off around 9:30 ...

A Southwest Airlines flight nearly took off from a taxiway instead of a runway on Thursday ... to the runway the flight was supposed to take off from. "An air traffic controller at Orlando ...

A Southwest Airlines flight was canceled in Florida after the aircraft tried to take off from a taxiway instead of a runway at Orlando International Airport, officials said. The Federal Aviation ...

In Orlando, a Southwest plane began its takeoff roll on the taxiway instead of the runway. It comes as Canadian investigators issued the first report on a fiery crash landing in Toronto.

(AP) — A Southwest ... a taxiway after the crew mistook the surface for the nearby runway, officials said. But air traffic controllers canceled the clearance before the plane could take off.