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

A Southwest Airlines flight was stopped in Florida after the aircraft tried to take off from a taxiway instead of a runway in ...

A Southwest Airlines flight nearly took off from a taxiway – not a runway – on Thursday morning at Orlando International Airport after the flight crew apparently thought it was on a runway, the FAA ...

Pilots of Southwest Airlines Flight WN3278 attempted to take off from a taxiway at Orlando International Airport on March 20.

According to the airline, flight 3278 from Orlando to Albany, New York, "stopped safely on a taxiway at Orlando International Airport this morning after the crew mistook the surface for the nearby ...

A Southwest Airlines flight almost took off from a taxiway, rather than a runway, at Orlando International Airport in Florida before an air traffic controller stopped the plane, officials said.

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

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

A Southwest Airlines flight was canceled after it almost took off from the taxiway at the Orlando International Airport. On ...

Southwest Airlines flight 3278 attempted to take off from Orlando International Airport taxiway on Thursday, March 20 Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

A Southwest Airlines flight nearly took off from a Florida taxiway on Thursday before an air traffic controller stopped the ...

The aircraft’s top speed was about 80 mph, according to flight data tracker FlightRadar24. Airplanes typically travel about 35 mph on taxiways.