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Minutes later, tracking data and the FAA's airport diagram ... on a taxiway at Orlando International Airport this morning after the Crew mistook the surface for the nearby runway.
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 ...
WELL, IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A PILOT FOR A MAJOR AIRLINE COULD MISTAKE A RUNWAY FOR A TAXIWAY, BUT IT HAPPENED. AND IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THURSDAY MORNING.
It happened when a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 flight tried taking off on a taxiway instead of a runway.Southwest said Flight 3278 stopped safely on a taxiway at Orlando International Airport ...