Lukla: Landing and airport action incl. close encounter of two planes

[@tahititoutou3802]

The mere fact that about 90% of the traffic at the Tenzing-Hillary airport is made of Dornier 228 and De Havilland Canada Twin Otters forces a high respect in me for these models.

[@zhotdune]

This is like operations on aircraft carrier. Minus all that coloured vest crew that's seamlessly working on the deck. Very tight and dangerous working environment. Good job guys.

[@robertdavis6708]

Imagine working midnights and trying to get some sleep around that town. Dammm !

[@Apache148414]

LOL. There are no nightly flights. Almost all the flights arrive and leave during the early hours of the day.

[@nocalsteve]

@@Apache148414 He meant what if you had to sleep during the mornings when the airplanes are coming and going?

[@occamsrazor3262]

Props to these Lukla pilots. See what I did there?

[@JT_1]

no

[@Rv12_pilot]

Occam’s Razor funny

[@DCdc-rn8sz]

only the best and experienced pilots can fly, land at Lukla....it is a very dangerous airport..no room for error

[@leesantos9711]

Busy little airport !

[@Peorhum]

To bad you missed the twin otter taking off. It is always nice to see them take off, as they always seem to use less roadway.

[@ravinnravinn4682]

Beautiful scenery

[@Abdo-ob7tt]

I have been there twice.

[@occamsrazor3262]

Scary!

[@АлександрВолков-д3у]

Асы!Тут,как у сапёра ,ошибки быть не может!!!Браво!

[@bahteraputra6218]

From Lukla Airport and next where to go ?

[@heikkijeronen6741]

Very nice videos, thank You!

[@Pepeekeo808]

In winter1980 I hiked in from Lamasungu about 80 miles away from Lukla. After viewing Everest from Kala Patur I hiked back down to Lukla for the flight back to Kathmandu. The landing area was just a grass field with grazing Yaks.

[@beagle7622]

Is there any landing aides at all there like Vasi. Or even a Vor, Dme. I certainly haven’t seen a Vasi.

[@rustyrust804]

don't know much about airport technology but as far as i know, there are no aides. I know this because there are no landings if pilot cannot see runway. There are cases of tourists stranded at this airport even a week due to fog around airport. I think atc of this airport is handled by just one employee.

[@АлександрАксамитный]

А где люди живут? Зачем прилетают? Там город или деревня?

[@AndreaJobPicanello]

Pilots of 9N-AKZ could wait a little...

[@c7042]

A self qualifying runway. Never get a chance to try a take off until you've demonstrated the skills to land on this runway in one piece.

[@Ravisen8165]

.. how far ktm to Lukla ??

[@poojachawda8428]

Great

[@stanleovart]

L410 is a hooligan :)

[@topgeardel]

There's no reason for the "most dangerous" airport to be so hustle and bustle. It's all about the money

[@samsignorelli]

Actually, given the weather conditions that limit flight at times, there is. The Goma Air could've stood to wait a few more seconds until the Otter had cleared, tho.

[@mil001able]

Not necessarily, the money will always be relevant however this is more about the weather than anything else.

[@topgeardel]

@@mil001able Good point...but...you don't sacrifice safety in any way for weather.

[@morerightrudder9742]

Yeah mate of course it's about the money, it's a business.

[@roshankathayat7005]

It's not about money, it's about...

[@josejuliobeneditodovalle4504]

Bom dia moro no Brasil! Gostaria de saber quantos metros tem essa pista e essa cidade tem um aeroporto movimentado , qual sua fonte de renda? Digo da cidade!

[@upendrabhatta2324]

The runway is 527m This airport is usually busy because it is the gateway to mt. Everest (highest mountain in the world) famous for treckking

[@alfonsosoriano171]

please revoke the license of this 9N-AKZ 1:50

[@SarifYahyanst]

👍 mantap

[@jerrysmith9315]

What goes on there to need so much transportation, and by air at that ??

[@jagatmagar4429]

It's the only gateway to mount everest and base camp trekking.

[@wrozeon]

@Colin Baker Well dayyum, Sergeant Baker here telling people how to enjoy with their money. I think you need to go out and get some fresh air pal rather than living in a virtual world

[@abrahamdecruz5128]

Another good one is Twin Otter landing on a beach in Scotland.

[@MrBooby0]

Can airplanes retry landing at this airport?

[@imamalbar198]

No chance for go arround here

[@ailcat]

Yes at approach. Not near and over runway (but if you really want - yoy have a little chance to make a left turn with jump over town and descending for speed increase over gorge. But extremelly bad landing is safier then attempt to go around)

[@caribaviation2626]

What type of plane was that the first one?

[@ws00912]

Dornier Do-228

[@nickboulakis7524]

And the second is Let L-410 Turbolet,

[@tuizz01]

Now, it's gone forever :(

[@spin_burn2040]

Wait, is it L-410 there?

[@zitko19]

Yes, it's STOL (acctually UVP in Russian means STOL, even though it's Czech made). And unfortunatelly two of them have crashed there claiming 5 lifes :(

[@juancarlosperezsandoval5706]

THE PILOT OF THE DETAINED AIRCRAFT MUST BE PUNISHED A STUPID

[@tahititoutou3802]

Do you mean 9N-AKZ? (Look from 2:00 onwards)

[@luischaves5128]

Que bello es verlos despegar y aterrizar, y sobretodo, mucho riesgo al aterrizar, muy corta la pista, que héroes los pilotos

[@Drpunga]

Where the Hold Short Line is ?

[@AbdulBasit-zo5tw]

I guess none haha

[@fjrogon]

Pista corta y complicadísima aproximación. Con viento ya no te quiero ni contar....

[@UjangSahrun]

Lapangan kecil....lalulintas sibuk....

[@1crzflyer]

don't these planes have horns?

[@ramchandrapun2702]

Jim Blalock they have horns

[@mariooliveira734]

As companhias aéreas já sabem onde buscar os melhores pilotos.

[@VOVAN289]

Как красиво ! 🤷‍♂️👍👍👍 🙂🙋‍♂️

[@Lee-qp6gf]

You have to be certified to land here. Not many planes can do it. These are twin Otters.

[@alfonsosoriano171]

seems to be stol planes?

[@maybach8537]

Not all twin otters there are dornier 228s and let 410s aswell all are high performance stol aircraft

[@NanNikte2014]

I would like to know if Everest is the mountain we see above, thanks, Dario from Guatemala in Central America, Guatemala the heart of the Maya civilization.

[@SHIIKHAR]

no thats not everest. eversest is very far from here. you have to walk 5 days from here to reach everest base camp.

[@alfonsosoriano171]

@@SHIIKHAR but those people who took that plane are bound for mount everest?

[@mango2614]

@@alfonsosoriano171 Yes. That's the closest airport to Everest and Everest Base Camp. And you need to walk for around 5-6 days to reach the base camp. But it is possible that the passengers are the local people who are returning to Lukla or Namche Bazaar

[@sudarshanrajbhandari391]

They are low mountains, probably with no names. If you walk for about a day and a half, you will get the first glimpse of Mt Everest as you ascend to reach Namche Bazaar (3400m), a major stop with a lot of outlets. From Namche Bazaar you will get a better view of the famous peak. However, if you climb about 500m, you reach Hotel Everest View (holds a Guinness world record as a star hotel situated at the highest point in the world) from where you will get a panoramic view of the majestic Himalayan peaks including Everest, Ama Dablam, Nuptse and Lhotse.

[@Zeca24CB]

Ohhhhh my God...

[@miguelferreiramoutajunior2475]

Can a DC-3 land there?

[@sanddabz5635]

No

[@leesantos9711]

Good one !

[@perrinmichael4504]

DC 3, 747 or 380 can land there but not in one piece. They would normally call that a suicidal crash landing. If they need to land within the airport perimeter then they have to pitch the nose down in a vertical decent... even so, some pieces might spill out of the airport. Hope that helps.

[@rustyrust804]

@@perrinmichael4504 right. Even in cases of failure, the chances of a large plane landing in single piece is greater in a field than this airport.

[@ailcat]

Yes, but it is not a good idea (their motors at 2,8 km altitude is too weak for take off)

[@JBLaOHeI]

he was jus trynna give him a high 5

[@KhanRealness]

So the lead in lines are totally useless...but they are discretional anyways 😂

[@joseleonardo395]

Quantos passageiros leva essa aeronave

[@UKMacMan]

@1:29 that plane crashed this morning :(

[@jdonovan74]

It's true. Had to fact check it but it is believed to be the plane that crashed

[@collindass2361]

impatient

[@caturlifelive]

the day before pandemic

[@funnyclip6363]

This all pilot control the plane like taxi drivers park at terminal

[@ravi.9841]

Goma ko pilot ko galti cha

[@SumanTiwariNamaste]

@@mrallmighty8104 FUCK OFF ASSWIPE!

[@adiltamuri6131]

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[@GURIYAKUMARI-v4r]

0 bhyo 0 hunchh

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