Taxiways are routes used by planes to move on the ground between gates, hangars and runways. Runways are the long, usually ...

Federal agencies are investigating after a Southwest Airlines jet nearly took off from a taxiway instead of a runway at ...

The aircraft’s top speed was about 80 mph, according to flight data tracker FlightRadar24. Airplanes typically travel about ...

A Southwest flight bound for Albany from Orlando began to take off from the taxiway rather than the runway Thursday morning, ...

"Southwest is engaged with the NTSB and FAA to understand the circumstances of the event," a spokesperson for the airline ...

The pilots of a Boeing 737 started to mistakenly take off from a taxiway at a Florida airport on Thursday before an air traffic controller told them to stop, the Federal Aviation Administration said, ...

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 ...

Ron Hoon and Syleste Rodriguez discuss the day's top stories, including a controller who tried to halt a Southwest flight ...

Hands on the seat ahead of us.” According to Southwest Airlines, “Flight 3278 stopped safely on a taxiway at Orlando International Airport after the Crew mistook the surface for the nearby 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.