Why Planes Don't Fly Over Himalayas

Wouldn't it be amazing to see the tallest mountain on the planet from an airplane window? Just imagine yourself nestled in your seat, sipping on a coffee and admiring that snow covered mountain peak! The only problem is that planes don’t fly over Mount Everest, or the Himalayan range, for that matter. But why?
Let's imagine a scheduled commercial flight that decides to fly over the Himalayas. At first, the flight is going smoothly: the plane reaches its usual cruising altitude of 35,000 feet and is traveling at a speed of about 550 miles per hour. Soon, the pilots see a range of tall mountains straight ahead, with one peak standing out among the rest. It's the world-famous Everest - the highest mountain above sea level on the whole planet! The pilots realize they shouldn't have been so careless! Because that's when everything goes awry!
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TIMESTAMPS:
The inability to lower the plane in the case of rapid decompression 1:20
No room for error 2:49
On emergency, where to land the aircraft? 3:08
Turbulence above the mountains 3:26
The most dangerous airports in the world 😱
- Between high mountains 4:24
- Lightning-fast 45-degree bank turn during the descent 4:53
- There are only 8 pilots in the world who can land here 5:18
- Right on the shore of the ocean 5:41
- When the runway is constantly covered with ice 6:24
- When the main street intersects the runway 7:10
- When a public beach is located right before the runway 7:48
#himalayas #whyplanes #brightside
SUMMARY:
- There isn't as much oxygen in your mask as you might think. It usually lasts for no more than 15 to 20 minutes. The pilots must make the plane drop down to 10,000 feet, where the passengers will be able to breathe without using oxygen masks. But... the plane is still flying over the Himalayas, and there’s no way it could drop so low!
- One of the reasons planes have such an impressive cruising altitude is that it lets pilots have some "room for error." It means that if something goes wrong, the captain can glide the aircraft while trying to fix the problem.
- Kathmandu can deal with a jet, but this airport has only one runway and doesn't have an instrumental landing system.
- Winds moving over mountain ranges at high speeds create so-called "mountain waves" which can turn any ride into a rough one.
- The turbulence there is so bad that it's almost impossible for commercial airplanes to fly over that region.
- The Lukla Airport in Nepal is one of the world's trickiest. Pilots find it extremely difficult to land there because the airport is nestled between high mountains.
- In Toncontin Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, planes must make a lightning-fast 45-degree bank turn during the descent. -
- There are only 8 pilots in the world who are qualified to land at Paro Airport in Bhutan, Himalayan Mountains.
- Landing at the airport on the Portuguese island, Madeira, remains one of the most treacherous feats in aviation, even after its runway was renovated. The thing is that the landing strip of this airport is located right on the shore of the ocean, between steep cliffs.
- The runway of Narsarsuaq Airport, in Greenland, is constantly covered with ice.
- There is one feature that sets Gibraltar International Airport apart and makes it totally unique: the main street of that area, Winston Churchill Avenue, intersects the runway!
- If you ever go to St. Maarten Island in the Caribbean, you're likely to be completely smitten with its Princess Juliana Airport. It's one of the most famous airports in the world, thanks to a public beach located right before the runway!
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[@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

On a scale of one to ten, how big is your fear of flying? :)

[@newliferaises]

8

[@sthgaurav]

2

[@vaibhavlohia7459]

9

[@snay71]

-1

[@rishabchaudhary4489]

19

[@parabatstation9570]

The main reasons are 1 Planes cannot land when emergency occurs 2 extreme turbulence due to mountain ranges hope i saved your time

[@Fetherko]

About eight minutes

[@MegaThelegoshow]

They do fly over the Himalayas

[@saurabhgoswami1989]

Yes exactly...

[@amonkeyhastwobrains4804]

God bless you.🎅

[@shambhavishukla4235]

Thank u

[@joshuagavaghan224]

"passengers were paying attention to the preflight safety demonstration" the dude is smoking a cigarette on the right at 1:45 lol

[@Arungattu28]

looks like a pen

[@mgnruth]

Omggg haha 😂😂

[@Pranjal341]

OMG yes 😂😂

[@2gorfcmall906]

lol

[@bellenvideo5629]

It used to be no problemo 🔥

[@bimali99]

I am from the Himalayan country Nepal and I would like to let the world know that plane do fly over Himalayas. You can actually admire the snow covered mountain peak sipping you coffee.

[@anthonyrowe6101]

Ban chute

[@anthonyrowe6101]

Ghandu khuta

[@singh20011]

Anthony Rowe abay chu bay chutiya

[@maxmaxie1328]

Its different from flying beside and flying over the pick.

[@Jusanordinaryguy]

Brother it's in India

[@roycrowe1510]

I was on a plane that flew over the Himalayas, got a nice photo of Everest. Thanks Air India.

[@exceptionhandler78]

har har modi

[@benjiekib14]

...share the photo....here....

[@bobbytheocharides4482]

That would be a neat photo to see

[@exceptionhandler78]

I dont have POWER to do what I wish to do. Therefore Just for time pass I comment useless irrelevant stuffs.

[@beyondreamtime420]

I think you just flew over mt coootha

[@kopilabhattarai6284]

Love from Nepal

[@zuhalter0071]

When I landed in Honduras, the entire cabin cheered and clapped when we touched down. It was like being at a sporting event, and the whole crowd getting excited for a big play!

[@ecphorizer]

Scott Larson Honduras? Why?

[@zuhalter0071]

@@ecphorizer why not? But, actually, it was a medical mission trip. I know some doctors, and they invited me to help with simple tasks. So, I was a fetcher in the pharmacy tent. I got to be a Central American drug dealer for a week!

[@nicolasvillavicencio1835]

If it was the tegucigalpa airports it may have made sense since the approach is challenging

[@prajwalshetty9069]

Love your channel

[@mayazraika302]

dat cool thanks for the support

[@alonzolyons9443]

Actually, an international flight from the west coast of the USA to Nepal flew over the Himalaya -- more precisely the Lhasa to Kathamandu leg. It's a common route and the views are jaw-dropping. Additionally, on almost every day of the year, sightseeing flights depart f rom Kathmandu that offer up-close views of Everest and the stretch of skyscraping Himalaya between Kathmandu and Everest before returning to Kathmandu.

[@hf7976]

I really like your voice and how you tell facts and stories 😍

[@reenasolanki2004]

Thanks for nice informations

[@punarnava6254]

nice.. well explained 🙏

[@brokeforever]

I've flown over the Himalayas multiple times, there are many routes over these mountains, flights to places like Ladakh and Kathmandu but I suppose the flying route might be over lower ranges or something.

[@janettevidler149]

Me too Broke Forever even have pics of Everest and have landed in Bhutan. Our first flight to go into Bhutan was cancelled as visibility was not good.

[@dylan8495]

There are a few aircraft that can fly over them. They do not carry the normal emergency O2 system. They have O2 bottles in the belly that provide the O2 for the required about of time. I think they are airbus A320's

[@alicewonderglass679]

That’s awesome. People are always claiming planes don’t go over certain places but that appears to be a myth. Good on you guys.

[@OgdenM]

I think it's more of that it's just not a regular practice to fly over places. Why bother with the risk when you can just spend 45mins and go around or make people take annoying connecting flgihts that make thier trips take 4 hours longer.

[@chadjones4255]

FYI, you can charter a small plane to fly around the peak of Everest for a couple hundred bucks from Kathmandu. Fantastic experience.

[@arthazpaler7227]

Love your videos ❤️❣️

[@watonemillion]

Very interesting, thanks!

[@gsaarchitecturalmechanical5872]

Thank you very much for sharing those airplane videos, I really learned from them. Now I know why planes don’t fly over certain very high mountains

[@lloydwhite3198]

By any chance did you read any of the previous comments ?

[@soumikchatterjee2708]

Though there is a trip made by Buddha Airlines in Nepal, which offers a plane to tourists only to show some of the greatest mountains of Nepal only by flying over them. I can assure you that's gonna be your experience of a lifetime.

[@kahnfatman]

Love your videos

[@hedinwade1657]

I am a big fan I have subed and love your vids

[@adrianblaze]

I remember flying over the Andes from Lima to Cuzco and it was a smooth and amazing ride( this coming from someone who has a fear of flying).

[@t4l6933]

When I am in terbulance I am watching the wing and it is nice because I don’t get dizzy

[@larissasousa5052]

Hello, Captain. I loved your informative, entertaining video. Regards, Larissa.

[@martinusjr7654]

AWESOME THANKS 😊

[@knightofmordor]

I actually went to see a plane land at the Paro Airport. Quite a view.

[@ASAP23]

Fly to Nepal and u can see the Himalayas from the plane.

[@Kamleshbishtcom]

i can from my window

[@sachwinikumarkhatri1913]

"Heaven is myth Nepal is real" I heard this somewhere

[@Taaha_Alii]

@@sachwinikumarkhatri1913 wrong kashmir is the heaven on earth but it under the conflict of india and pakistan and kashmiri are under the curfew under indian rule

[@Victor33]

Yeah. I could see the himalayas including everest when i flew from nepal to bhutan

[@permafrost1195]

@@Taaha_Alii waiting for pok ,gilgit baltistan too

[@sathishnagaraj8614]

Good information

[@saved1580]

Nice info

[@waterboys3001]

I spent a weekend in Kathmandu. I took a flight over the Himalayas including Mt Everest from Kathmandu. There is a hour flight for tourists. You mostly pass between the mountains.

[@ilovetweek000]

“Why planes don’t fly over the Himalayas” Me: why does the thumbnail have a plane flying over the himalayas

[@ka20na0k5]

Hahah

[@2012drnadnan]

Good video bright side.

[@CatherineBugarin87]

Always been on the bright side.. Hehehe love your videos a lot

[@desertfalcon6625]

But while going to Seattle frm heathrow, we cross over greenland. Isnt it having more snow as well

[@tanmayjoshi5629]

who wants bright side reveals his face? put a like

[@erikagabz]

16

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Watch story of bring sight you will be confused but not me

[@loveistheway.2882]

Tanmay Joshi I WAS LITERALLY ABOUT TO SAY THAT 😵

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@@robin8637 when and what video

[@mgr5550]

I like your videos a lot. Very informative and lovely to watch with your narration ! Are you a one man band ?

[@kplove5157]

love the video know what I love all of your airplane video

[@riveredgeboys8724]

IAF transport planes are flying day-to-day to Siachin glaciers..

[@srikanthv9680]

He said commercial airlines

[@veerbuljeeon3132]

Air Force can do whatever they want. They're too powerful for us normal people

[@dupduplooy8730]

Excellent reasoning

[@dzinatra]

I think the name of this video must be "Why to avoid the flights over Himalayas" as there are companies who do fly over. I was using planes a lot even 4 times per day sometimes as it was needed for my job and never was afraid but after that time when I returned with Lufthansa from Hong Kong and went into horrible turbulence and it was the flight over Himalayas! After that time I have panic even when I have to think about going by plane. Now is 13 years that I can't fly just because that flight. I am totally agree that if it is possible avoid taking the flight over Himalayas except if you are turbulence fan.

[@ramadansall4529]

This why I love this channel it always bright our sides anybody with me

[@vivansoni20]

Hey I love your vids can you do that how mouth Everest was made?

[@madhatter2577]

I flew into that Airport lost my mind I didn't know what was happening I really thought I was dying that is a crazy airport for sure good job man that was personal thank you

[@agbond003]

My turbulence story: My family was flying to Denver for a ski trip and we were hit with bad turbulence. We’d drop 15 to 20 feet in some cases. I was a bit of a joker and had my hands up and yelled WEEEE like I was on a roller coaster. My brother beside and everyone on else on the plane didn’t appreciate it. P.s. I’m wasted right now so no promise that everything is concise... or correct...

[@eewag1]

agbond003 I liked your story it’s a bit derpy and funny

[@underwaterdick]

Well, there is nothing whatsoever you can do with turbulence as a passenger. Why not just enjoy it? It should help others relax and reduce your own stress levels! I remember being on a horrible flight where it dropped several times, people were crying and screaming. I simply carried on reading my book. Determined to distract myself from what was going on. When we landed, several people were traumatised, whereas because I had kept my mind distracted, just thought of it as a normal flight.

[@James-cu9ul]

underwaterdick exactly, it’s so normal that there’s not even one plane crash that was caused by it

[@mickberry164]

Dropping 15-20 feet is nothing. I talked to a pilot who told me, on one occasion, the plane he was flying dropped 15,000 feet in three jolts. Bam Bam BAM! The first was 6000, the next 6000, the next 3000. He said the plane kept right on flying with no problem. Yikes. THAT'S something to be glad not to experience.

[@theluschmasterjournals]

7:07 .. landing at that airport seems like an adventure hey!! 😲😲

[@Iron59yt]

Very interesting

[@nagaarjhunaarumugakani2004]

I travelled close to Himalayas by flight..the turbulence is nasty there.

[@NevenaZorova]

Watched this yesterday and this morning a friend uploaded a photo of his cabin view of Everest with Buddha Air! 😱

[@gbcv4655]

Lol

[@balamurali243]

Really??

[@NevenaZorova]

@@balamurali243 yep!

[@balamurali243]

@@NevenaZorova he was lucky

[@alefact4782]

New youtuber thumbs up

[@Adrianotanable]

Nice video 👍👌😍

[@jenniferc8447]

Actually, my Grandfather flew over them in WWII. Without the luxuries pilots have today, not even a heated cabin! Greatest generation was tough AF

[@danielkerr4100]

Sure lol sure

[@RamanVirk504]

If you travel from Delhi to Guwahati by plane and sit at the left side of the plane...Himalayas actually run parallel to you and it's an amazing view.😃

[@mjpawan]

I have been on that flight. Looks beautiful 😃

[@joecies]

@3:24 - an Instrumental? Landing System - what a dope.

[@SujanKunwarDai]

Watching from the Himalayas! Nepal

[@andalusianguitarist]

I have landed and taken off from that airport in Nepal as a passenger, its quite impressive to see those mountains around the airport and the take-off from the runway was not the usual kind if I recall.

[@aishwaryashrestha8357]

I love it when I see range of mountains when I travel in any domestic flight in Nepal

[@katherinejasper5259]

That is incredible

[@rajdeepghosh5519]

So nice to know ✌️

[@Facemanfitzpatrik]

Well, I was flying over the Himalayas on my trip from Kathmandu to Paro

[@smitajky]

"Planes don't fly through clouds in Nepal. Because the clouds have ROCKS in them."

[@user-gy1ii2iz8k]

نمایش عکسها

[@FlowiYT]

Bad going. Let’s go to the translate hub! (That’s Google Translate)

[@DivonLan]

You can fly from Kathmandu, Nepal to Paro, Bhutan with Druk Air - over the Himalayas the whole way with a magnificent view of Everest out of the left windows

[@chhimidorji8846]

Yes sir, Drukair doesn't fly over the ranges, rather parallel track along its southern foothills. To fly over the ranges, Oxygen requirements and special training procedures need to proven to the Aviation Authorities prior approving such flights. In the winter months, crossing the range can cause severe to extreme turbulence due to mountain waves and eddies!

[@AshGaming-ur2vb]

Wow I love the bright side

[@taurusdragon4763]

Planes don't fly over Himalayas because Yeti will throw snow-rocks at them before edit : Bigfoot

[@wyqtor]

*Yeti

[@leeoso7295]

It's Yeti, not Bigfoot

[@MrMultiAfrican]

Fact

[@trip6873]

😂😂

[@akhijadhav141]

😂😂😂

[@minchinong]

Lol.The editing in this vid is amazing, the animation is great too, the narrator sounds like a smart guy.

[@xr6lad]

jenn really? Even when they are often full of mistakes. Of course he ignores planes flying over high mountain ranges in Europe Alps or South American Alps. He ignores plannes flying over the Atlantic or Indian oceans are hours from an airport they can land at.

[@minchinong]

@@xr6lad That was just my opinion. :)

[@qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890]

@@minchinong as long as you are not a paid comment... I honestly do not like the voice. It sounds so arrogant

[@Asmutiwari]

Oh yes!! turbulence gets scary flying to Nepal. esp. from Lhasa to Ktm

[@ilovepickles495]

Emirates flies over the himalayas. Dubai to beijing for example

[@khaccanhle1930]

I've flown through the Himalayas a few times. Once where Everest was parallel to the plane. Later Makalu towered over us - turbulence.

[@GreativeDIY]

Great

[@sophieadam9702]

I have with qantas the Pilot even pointed it us to look at

[@binay8848]

Nepal contain 8 out of 10 Higest peaks under himalayan range!! Here commercial airlines are performing mountain flight for tourist !!😁

[@steve884]

I learnt something new today.

[@AerialPixels2020]

Any plans to visit Western Norway soon??... here is a glance of it.... @

[@bestever2682]

Good to know...

[@angelicaarbas.logronio7628]

Hello

[@TgIiDgUiS]

Going to Japan from New Jersey was the smoooooothest ride until we reached Alaska Ooooooh that had bad turbulence. Also, when going to Turkey, Canada and England have the worst turbulence as well!

[@lloydwhite3198]

Son your all over the map. You better use your miles before they expire.

[@strippschoe]

I flew Kathmandu-Nepalgunj and got an excellent view of Everest while flying over the Himalayas.

[@YoDay]

I love planes videos ! Keep them coming 👍

[@navinjohnson3923]

You don’t understand that this is completely made up? None of it is true. Sorry

[@INTERESTINGTHINGSJCB]

If you see this comment I wish you a great day and a blessed year❤ 😊😊🎉❤

[@thenightbringer9770]

It's the night but thanks

[@arunaraghu4453]

Tnx

[@mctthw]

INTERESTING THINGS JCB thank you so much! 😀 I hope you have a wonderful day and a brilliant year :D

[@hiuyjutherandomguy7953]

@Fredrick Emad I don't know

[@albert-kkitwenga4889]

Thank you so much. Same to you and yours!

[@biggast]

For 2 years ago my flight got into a sand storm and that was the scariest flight in my life.

[@davidpaultanteo8435]

I did not know sandstorm can go that high up.

[@iLikeCok]

@@davidpaultanteo8435 well it can do Believe it

[@SandeepGupta-nn6bu]

The route to Srinagar airport via Delhi is simply mesmerising.. You can see beautiful snow clad Indian terrain of Ladakh mountains of Himalaya range.. the view is simply breath taking..

[@BillFromTheHill100]

Interesting.

[@prabhakarmishra2182]

I am from Lucknow and i occasionally monitor airplane movements and their routes and i see that planes going to Nepal go over Lucknow and avoid Himalayas as much as possible

[@lloydwhite3198]

Do you work for a intelligence agency ?

[@prabhakarmishra2182]

@@lloydwhite3198 No Sir i don't work for Intelligence agency but i have interest in airplanes and in science so i keep myself as informed as i can, i have good understanding of Geography too

[@blueberrysavers3547]

Before I watched this video: because the Himalayas are full of mountains including the tallest one (Mount Everest) and if an emergency landing is required, the plane would just crash land possibly killing everyone on board. Also if the plane loses pressure, the plane would have to go down to 10,000 feet. The Himalayas are taller than that on average meaning that if this happened, then all passengers would lose consciousness after 15 minutes even if they are wearing oxygen masks. There are also no airports or runways for this reason aswell

[@spdaltid]

If depressurisation occurs over high terrain, the aircraft can follow a pre-determined escape route to an area which will enable further descent to a safe altitude. Fitting extra 02 bottles can allow an extended time period of 30+mins. Example: Air route B346 crosses the Himalayas just west of Kangchenjunga which is the 3rd highest mountain on Earth....

[@sincerewriter]

Great video. I have never even bothered till now about flying over mountains. Just last month I was on a flight from Bangalore to Tiruchirapalli by Indigo airlines. We flew at over 50,000 feet over Yercaud mountains in South India. I looked out from my window and saw the mountains below in the clouds. They were dark red and did not frighten me at all. There was no turbulence or any other disturbance. Of course the mountains were only 6000 feet unlike the Himalayas.

[@jaskaransingh5056]

Good

[@keepingthefaithalive]

Everybody gangsta until they start smelling fresh Mountain Dew

[@Tom-jb7sc]

Lol

[@borisfrog5282]

Even the international space station avoids flying over Himalayas for that very reason - extreme turbulence.

[@billionsandbillions1010]

You silly goose.

[@veritasvita5672]

Wise words. Only the wise can understand

[@sarojsharma8887]

Thanks for contributing in Nepal VISIT 2020....

[@emilapapa5113]

Dear bright side I love your videos I watch you all the time I’m a big fan I am watching the afternoon in the morning and night love you

[@AdityaAserkar]

What?! So many of us have traveled over the himalayas, I have even seen the everest from the plane which takes you to see it!

[@lloydwhite3198]

WHAT ? We saw Hillarys Step from the Giza Plateau. Then......... we realized we were in AREA 51.

[@bipinrai247]

No planes over Himalayas is a misstatement. Planes do fly over Himalayas. Most of Airlines from our northern neighbour China enters Nepal Airspace through Himalayas. To name few: Air China CA437 from Chengdu Air China CA407 from Lhasa Tibet Airlines TV6019 from Xian Tibet Airlines TV9899 from Chengdu Sichuan Airlines 3U8719 from Lhasa Also all flights from Japan, South Korea and Northern China to Middle East flies over Pakistan Himalayas.

[@gngstace47]

Bipin Rai yes but would others that don’t belong to this nation would like to risk their million dollar planes.. the answer is no, its safe to avoid the himalayas. This is the reason why lot of our air traffic is lost to India.

[@LadakhiLyrics]

Make a video about Leh AirPort in Ladakh India

[@ShivdeepDhaliwal]

Two things. There are flights between Kathmandu and Lhasa and second you can still get a glimpse of very tall mountains on regular flights in Nepal as well as India as they routinely fly alongside them. However, most flights take a southernly or northernly route and avoid the Himalayas. I was on a Lhasa to Kathmandu flight and the experience was amazing.

[@tharaliexpress6455]

I live in the great Himalayas..🙏🙏

[@lloydwhite3198]

I THINK WE'RE NEIGHBORS. DO YOU WEAR A HAT ?

[@mountainmasti5111]

@@lloydwhite3198 no I wear a soon cap almost all the time.. Where do u live..

[@judithbaban5150]

They do fly over the Himalayas, I experienced it on Qantas.

[@lloydwhite3198]

Charles Lindbergh made his maiden flight over Everest at the end of the Civil War. I saw the original film on Victory at Sea.

[@MeltingHeartsWaxMelts]

Im confused by that statement , because I just watched 2 different documentaries about the Himalayas and they both did a whole segment on their commercial flights and where they land....🤔🤷🏾‍♀️

[@mellowmonsoon278]

They do fly. A number flights from Nepal , India and Pakistan fly over Himalaya . Nepal even has a touristy 40 minute flight to go see Everest .

[@yassingapinski4035]

I subscribed

[@TheExplorerAS]

I think flights to leh ladhak flies over himalayas ...

[@aritraghosh9794]

But I did fly over the Himalayas 2 time when I was going to Bhutan and another when i was going to Nepal

[@shreysingh9273]

You didn't cross the Himalayas... You flew over the foothills and medium sized mountains

[@IslamIsPeaceful786]

@@shreysingh9273 you actually have to go over it sometimes when on approach, especially when there's crosswinds

[@adarshshrestha8807]

pretty sure you crossed annapurna range not himalaya

[@tyler_russell]

Adarsh Shrestha pretty sure anapurna counts as large.

[@adarshshrestha8807]

Tyler Russell cant deny that

[@boomerboi8256]

Cool

[@rupeshghimire3179]

Love from Himalayas Nepal mate 👍

[@shirazkhan843]

I've flown over the Himalayan mountains multiple times with zero turbulence