Taking off or landing from a taxiway risks catastrophic collision like what remains the deadliest accident in history.

Aviation safety has come under renewed scrutiny following a series of incidents. Pilots and experts insist flying is still ...

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 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.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight almost took off from a taxiway — rather than a runway — at a central Florida ...

Air traffic controllers stopped a potential disaster yesterday at the Orlando International Airport (MCO), when a Southwest jet almost took off from a taxiway instead of a runway. Southwest said no ...

A potential disaster in the air has been averted. Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Orlando to Albany say their ...

"Southwest is engaged with the NTSB and FAA to understand the circumstances of the event," a spokesperson for the airline ...

A Southwest flight bound for Albany from Orlando began to take off from the taxiway rather than the runway Thursday morning, ...