Each aircraft that is being overtaken has the right-of-way and each pilot of an overtaking aircraft shall alter course to the right to pass well clear.
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Torque Effect
Newton says for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. And the airplane rolling left is a reaction of the propeller turning hard to the right (almost all airplanes propellers spin to the right or clockwise as viewed from inside the cockpit).
The fact that airline captains have historically always sat on the left-hand side of their aircraft has also impacted the way in which passengers board the aircraft.
Despite what many people believe, the answer actually has nothing to do with safety. The real answer is because going north may actually provide a shorter route. This is called Great Circle Navigation. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest route between two locations may appear much longer on a flat map.