Hats off to the pilots🙏

Fucking awesome. Talented dudes. Brave. Hard working

That hillside should have been cut down a bit before putting that R/W in. I have flown this route on my X-plane and it is a challenge. Going to 33 and then a turn to 15 is the most challenging.

I flew into Paro from Delhi on Drukair back in 1997. As we were passing by Everest/Chomolungma, I marveled that we were at eye level and was taking photos like mad (I knew ahead to sit on the left side). A flight attendant came and tapped me on the shoulder and said that the captain (who sounded very much like Thich Nhat Hanh) wanted me to come to the cockpit. I was a bit worried that I had broken some security rule. No, he was just being kind and wanted me to sit in the jump seat with big windows so that I could get better photos. Such began an incredible three weeks in this magical kingdom. Because all flights are visual (no radar), and the weather can be unpredictable, they recommend allowing up to 8 hours for connecting flights. Back then, there was no terminal (it was just being completed), so on my return, we handful of foreigners and mostly locals sat by the tarmac, prayer flags flapping in the stiff breeze, for several hours waiting for the weather conditions in the Himalayas to improve. Finally, the plane was sighted. A group of passengers descended looking a bit pale and shaken. Apparently, they had to circle for a while before they could land. When we boarded, the pilot (with a very American accent this time) said, "I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is, because we had to circle for so long, we used up a lot of fuel and will have to refuel at an Indian Air Force base just over the border. So it will be a very steep initial climb over the tall peaks. But the good news is I was a US Airforce pilot in Vietnam and can fly anywhere." As we took off, it was like being in one of those high-speed elevators and I could feel my body pressed hard against my seat. At moments like these, I check how the locals are reacting and they were all sitting with eyes closed, clicking their mala beads. Serious business. As we cleared the peaks I felt like I could reach out and touch the tops, we were that close. The steep descent was no less scary. We finally landed - big communal sigh of relief - and I was delighted to see that the nosecones of the Indian Airforce planes there were all brightly painted, each with its own Hindu god or goddess. I would so love to return to Bhutan one of these days. There were hardly any foreign visitors back then and I know it has changed, but I bet it is no less wonderful as the Bhutanese people still believe in "Gross National Happiness" (GNH rather than GNP).

Nice looking also.

Its in Peru

Wow, the version in Flight Simulator 2020 is definitely easier!

very normal landing no problems landing on this location.

Good pilots, real bad filmmaking…

They don't use the brakes. It's enough with those two guy's balls.

Unglaubliche Leistung dieser Piloten. Aller Piloten. Ich bin total beeindruckt. RESPEKT.

Wow, best pilots in the world. Incredible skills! As tough as the landing is, taking off must be super difficult.

That’s a good day, imagine a cloudy rainy one😱

6:29-- "500" still no sign of runway. OMG where is it going to land.. in the paddy field...

whatever they are paying to this cabin crew, it's not enough !!

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Makes you appreciate the stabilisation we take for granted in modern cameras

not my idea of a good time

Holy shit!!!

Who flew here in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Go check lukla nepal

Earned their pay on this one for sure.

Piece of cake

Why? Who’d go to that shithole?

SKILL

Why is the airplane calling the pilot a retard? I thought he did a marvelous job.

Cool, a plane that insults the pilot...”50, 40, 30, 20, retard, retard”

Why would anyone in their right mind want to fly Bhutan. Why, why. Even drive there or even live there. Like living on the moon.

See airport "Khorog" in Tadjikistan -fly in yak-40 jet plane. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6LEY4WDhN9pi5I kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWXYmXasa71-l8U

What? When I seen the runway...OMG! That’s an amazing Feat. No Thank you ☺️ but Much prayer and blessing to any individual who’s determined to go. 🙇🏻‍♀️🙏🏽❤️🔍🕊🌏

Dennis Miller's podcast mention of this video brought me here, anyone else? :)

He just managed to stop before the end the runway

Doesn't seem particularly dangerous for VFR. PITA (especially the tight turn at the end of the runway) sure, but dangerous, not particularly. Far more dangerous are upslope landings on runways at the edge of a cliff with strong downdrafts (like Catalina Island in California).

Some landing indeed excellent piloting and outstanding piece of flying engineering too! I salute you all!

This country is where I live Bhutan

Wow! Terrifying landing!!

Superb work by the airline Captain!

Screw Kai Tak (RIP)!lol

Great job

The video is not good enough to be on KZbin.

Richest jumboliner fffffffuuuuuuiiiii.. Pixeled clouds pixeled second deck. Camp air. After EUROPE. EMMY RATES 2,200,000.00

I didnt brush my this morning's .just hoped skiped and jumped

Real. activities would .tilt the coop's

Better than going into Lukla 🤗

2:07

Looked at this for the umpteenth time. Still impresses the hell out of me.

At 6:59 the aircraft refers to the airport designer

how did he managed to land with 1 ton of weight excess from his balls ?

The "Terrain!" alarm has its fuse burned out

Push the brakes, the brakes! Slow down. Very scary. I would hate to fly in that area.