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.

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.

A Southwest Airlines flight nearly took off from a taxiway instead of a runway on Thursday. According to the airline, flight 3278 from Orlando to Albany, New York, "stopped safely on a taxiway at ...

A Southwest Airlines flight almost took off from a taxiway — rather than a runway — at the Orlando airport on Thursday before an air traffic controller stopped the plane, officials said.