A Southwest Airways flight was once canceled in Florida after the plane attempted to take off from a taxiway as a substitute of a runway at Orlando World Airport, officers mentioned.
The Federal Aviation Management (FAA) is now investigating the incident involving Southwest Airways Flight 3278, which was once scheduled to leave Orlando for Albany, New York, on Thursday morning.
“An air visitors controller at Orlando World Airport canceled the takeoff clearance for Southwest Airways Flight 3278 round 9:30 a.m. native time on Thursday, March 20, after the plane started its takeoff roll on a taxiway. The taxiway runs parallel to the runway,” the FAA instructed Fox Information Virtual in a remark. “No different plane have been concerned.”
Southwest Airways mentioned in a remark Thursday that the aircraft “stopped safely on a taxiway at Orlando World Airport this morning after the Staff mistook the outside for the within reach runway.”
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A Southwest flight was once canceled on the airport Thursday after it attempted to take off from a taxiway, officers mentioned. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Pictures/LightRocket by the use of Getty Pictures)
“No accidents have been reported. Southwest is engaged with the NTSB and FAA to know the cases of the development,” it added.
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A Southwest Airways aircraft prepares to leave from a gate at Orlando World Airport in September 2023. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Pictures/LightRocket by the use of Getty Pictures)
“The airline accommodated Shoppers on every other plane to their meant vacation spot of Albany,” it added.
“Not anything is extra vital to Southwest than the Protection of our Shoppers and Workers,” the corporate additionally mentioned.

The aborted takeoff in Orlando took place after every other Southwest flight staff carried out a go-around maneuver to steer clear of a conceivable incident with a personal jet that crossed its trail at the runway at Chicago Halfway World Airport in overdue February. (StreamTime Reside)
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The incident took place days after the Nationwide Transportation Protection Board launched a initial record suggesting that sunglare can have been a contributing issue within the fresh close to pass over involving a Southwest Airways jet at Chicago Halfway World Airport.