The distance between the centre lines of the two runways is 198 metres. The International Civil Aviation Organization has established rules on “simultaneous operations on parallel or near-parallel ...

In that incident in the early afternoon of March 1, 2019, the planes had each taken off from parallel runways, heading east, when one of them inexplicably turned toward the other. Both pilots ...

Image: Heathrow with its six runways in 1955 before the four diagonal ones were removed due to larger plans. Pic: The National Archives Discussions about a third parallel runway began in the 1980s ...