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.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after a Southwest AirlinesBoeing 737-800 nearly ... the flight's takeoff clearance after it began its roll down the taxiway.

(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.

A Southwest plane inadvertently started to take off from a taxiway instead of ... The event is reminiscent of an Air Canada flight that nearly landed on a taxiway in San Francisco in 2017.

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 ...