Passengers 'terrified' as pilot slams brakes after mistaking taxiway for runway

Holidaymakers looking to jet off to Copenhagen were floored when the flight they were on was cancelled after the pilot attempted to take off from a taxiway in a "terrifying" incident at 125 miles per hour


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