BBC website:
Lukla is a high altitude strip lying at 90 degrees to the main Dudh Kosi valley. At the mountain end of the strip terrain rises steeply, while on the valley end there is a sheer drop.
When I flew in there in '85 stall warnings sounded coming out of the turn to final. A plane wreck was lying near by the runway.
No room for error, don't think a go around is possible.
Probably a Twin Otter de Havilland DHC-6/300.
Lukla is a high altitude strip lying at 90 degrees to the main Dudh Kosi valley. At the mountain end of the strip terrain rises steeply, while on the valley end there is a sheer drop.
When I flew in there in '85 stall warnings sounded coming out of the turn to final. A plane wreck was lying near by the runway.
No room for error, don't think a go around is possible.
Probably a Twin Otter de Havilland DHC-6/300.
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