A Southwest plane inadvertently started to take off from a taxiway instead of a runway on Thursday. Flight tracking data shows the jet was on a parallel taxiway and reached about 70 knots.

IT WAS SET TO TAKE OFF AROUND 930, BUT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS CANCELED THE TAKEOFF CLEARANCE ONCE THEY REALIZED THE PLANE WAS ON THE TAXIWAY, NOT THE RUNWAY. THIS MORNING, WE’RE HEARING FROM ...

IT WAS SET TO TAKE OFF AROUND 930, BUT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS CANCELED THE TAKEOFF CLEARANCE ONCE THEY REALIZED THE PLANE WAS ON THE TAXIWAY, NOT THE RUNWAY. THIS MORNING, WE’RE HEARING FROM SOME OF ...

(AP) — 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 ...

The plane then slid along the runway, rolling to the right until it became inverted, with other parts such as a portion of the tail becoming detatched during the roll, until it came to a rest on ...

(Joe Skipper / REUTERS) A Southwest Airlines plane was forced to abort a takeoff after pilots confused a taxiway at Orlando International Airport for a runway. An air traffic controller canceled ...