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

Jon Ziomek has written a riveting account of the errors that unfolded before the worst civil aviation disaster in history, when on March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets—KLM Flight 4805 ...

In the transcript, both Runway 12 and Runway 30 are mentioned. Both are actually the same runway; the difference lies in which direction a plane is facing as it travels along the runway.