If you thought that when you crossed the North Atlantic on an airliner that you were, reassuringly, a blip on a radar screen somewhere, then we’ve got news for you – you’re not. It’s a system known as the North Atlantic Tracks – like motorway lanes at 38,000ft and it relies on pilots updating controllers with their position. Scroll down for videoNats amazing: Planes flying across the Atlantic follow high altitude lanes, know as the North Atlantic Tracks (pictured). The airspace over the North Atlantic is heavily used with up to 2,500 airliners soaring across it every 24 hours – and 2017 saw a record 500,000 flights crossing this area. Because of the lack of radar coverage aircraft have to be kept much further apart than when they’re over land.

Source: Daily Mail May 25, 2018 13:07 UTC