It was a scary moment at Tampa International Airport as a small plane bounced on the tarmac while trying to land, forcing the ...

A private jet was forced to return to Shannon Airport soon after take off this afternoon after the crew reported an issue on ...

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

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Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, stands next to map showing flight restrictions as the Senate ... planes are prohibited from taking off or landing on that runway.

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Taxiways are routes used by planes to move on the ground between gates, hangars and runways. Runways are the long, usually ...

Southwest Flight 3278 had been cleared for takeoff and initiated a takeoff roll on a taxiway after the crew mistook the surface for the nearby runway, officials said. But air traffic controllers ...

OFFICIALS SAY A SOUTHWEST FLIGHT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF WHEN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS REALIZED THE PLANE WAS NOT ON THE RUNWAY. YEAH, THAT PLANE WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT TO TAKE OFF ON A TAXIWAY.

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. Flight 3278, bound for Albany, was beginning departure ...

(AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight almost took off from ... for the nearby runway, officials said. But air traffic controllers canceled the clearance before the plane could take off.