Plane almost takes off from taxiway; air traffic control intervenes to avert the mistake
Taxiways are routes used by planes to move on the ground between gates, hangars and runways. Runways are the long, usually ...
Passenger says United pilot forcibly removed him from plane’s bathroom. Now he is suing
The Orthodox Jewish passenger said he was experiencing constipation and found himself exposed when the pilot forcibly removed him from the bathroom.
Southwest Airlines pilot mistakes taxiway for runway
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.
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‘Guessing somebody wasn’t looking:’ Aviation expert on close call at MCO
A day after a plane nearly took off from a taxiway as opposed to a runway at Orlando International Airport, a local pilot who ...
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Southwest plane nearly takes off from taxiway instead of runway at airport
A Southwest Airlines flight almost took off from a taxiway — rather than a runway — at a central Florida airport on Thursday ...
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"Stop!" Southwest pilots somehow confuse Florida taxiway for runway
How the pilots of a Southwest Airlines flight confused an airport's taxiing strip for a runway is beyond imagination - but ...
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Southwest plane tries to take off on taxiway
Air traffic controllers stopped a potential disaster yesterday at the Orlando International Airport (MCO), when a Southwest jet almost took off from a taxiway instead of a runway. Southwest said no ...
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Local Orlando plane passengers talk taxiway takeoff
A potential disaster in the air has been averted. Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Orlando to Albany say their ...
Southwest plane tries to take off on taxiway instead of runway at Orlando airport
"Southwest is engaged with the NTSB and FAA to understand the circumstances of the event," a spokesperson for the airline ...