Southwest flight almost takes off from taxiway, rather than runway, at Orlando airport

Name: Southwest flight almost takes off from taxiway, rather than runway, at Orlando airport
Uploaded: 2025-03-21T08:00:00-0400
Duration: 33 s
Description: Southwest Flight 3278 had been cleared for takeoff and initiated a takeoff roll on a taxiway after the crew mistook the surface for the nearby runway, officials said. But air traffic controllers canceled the clearance before the plane could take off.

Southwest Flight 3278 had been cleared for takeoff and initiated a takeoff roll on a taxiway after the crew mistook the surface for the nearby runway, officials said. But air traffic controllers canceled the clearance before the plane could take off.