20 Mar 2025: BOEING 737-8H4 — SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO

20 Mar 2025: BOEING 737-8H4 — SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO

No fatalities • Orlando, FL, United States

Probable cause

The captain’s failure to recognize that the airplane’s location did not agree with the assigned departure runway as required per the Southwest Airlines Airplane Operating Manual, and the captain’s plan continuation error when he missed several cues that would have informed him that he was not on the assigned departure runway when he initiated takeoff.

— NTSB Determination

Contributing factors

  • Pilot
  • Pilot
  • Pilot

Conditions

Weather
VMC, wind 230/06kt, vis 10sm

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