An air traffic controller instructed a Southwest Airlines jet to abort its takeoff on Thursday after it began to accelerate on a taxiway ... where the plane was meant to take off.

A Southwest Airlines flight had a near miss at a Florida airport after it almost took off from a taxiway rather than a runway. Southwest Flight 3278 which was en route to Albany, New York ...

(AP) — A Southwest ... 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.

(AP) — A Southwest ... 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.

An air traffic controller at Florida airport cancelled the takeoff clearance for Southwest Flight 3278 after the aircraft began its takeoff roll on a taxiway that runs parallel to the runway ...