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From Fox News: 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 Administration (FAA) is now investigating the incident involving Southwest Airlines Flight 3278, which was scheduled to depart Orlando for Albany, New York, on Thursday morning.
“An air traffic controller at Orlando International Airport canceled the takeoff clearance for Southwest Airlines Flight 3278 around 9:30 a.m. local time on Thursday, March 20, after the aircraft began its takeoff roll on a taxiway. The taxiway runs parallel to the runway,” the FAA told Fox News Digital in a statement. “No other aircraft were involved.”
Southwest Airlines said in a statement Thursday that the plane “stopped safely on a taxiway at Orlando International Airport this morning after the Crew mistook the surface for the nearby runway.”
Urgent investigation is underway as a Southwest plane aborted takeoff after mistaking taxiway for runway in Orlando. @TrevorLAult reports. pic.twitter.com/EISRqI20WI
— Good Morning America (@GMA) March 21, 2025
Southwest says its flight crew mistook a taxiway for a nearby runway today in Orlando. An air traffic controller jumped in and canceled their takeoff clearance as they’d started speeding down a taxiway this morning around 930a. The taxi way runs parallel to the runway.… pic.twitter.com/r30BOhen6Q
— Ryan Sprouse (@RSprouseNews) March 20, 2025
Orlando airport stops Southwest Airlines plane trying to take off from taxiway instead of runway https://t.co/FN4AOh2vz9
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 21, 2025
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