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Disaster Averted: Ny-bound Southwest Flight Tries Taking Off On Taxiway Instead Of Runway

A near disaster is under investigation after a Southwest Airlines flight bound for New York tried taking off on a taxiway instead of a runway.

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Michael Mashburn
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Flight 3278, bound for Albany, was beginning departure from Orlando International Airport at around 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 20, when an air traffic controller abruptly canceled its takeoff clearance, an FAA spokesperson confirmed to Daily Voice.

The order was given after the flight mistakenly began its takeoff roll on a taxiway that runs parallel to the runway, the agency said.

No other aircraft were involved and nobody was injured. The FAA is investigating the incident.

Daily Voice has reached out to the airline for comment.

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