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Tenzing-Hillary Airport, also known as Lukla Airport, is a small airport in the town of Lukla, in Khumbu, Solukhumbu District, Nepal. (Getty) Lukla Airport, known officially as Tenzing Hillary Airport ...

For half a century pilots have needed to navigate snow-capped peaks and endure erratic weather to land on a runway just 500 metres long that has been carved into a mountain ridge and sits by a ...

A journalist, climber, and public speaker, Alan Arnette is one of the world’s most respected chroniclers of Mount Everest. He climbed the world’s highest peak in 2011 and reached the summit of K2 in ...

Discover why Lukla Airport, officially known as Tenzing-Hillary Airport, is often called the world's most dangerous airport. Located in Nepal near Mount Everest, its high altitude, short and steep ...

It may be scary enough for nervous flyers landing at an airport in general. Strange sounds that the aircraft makes coupled with potentially inclement weather conditions that may not cause concern the ...

Over the past few weeks, we’ve highlighted a number of videos depicting airplanes taking off at breakneck speed and astounding angles. From an F-16 Fighter Jet climbing 15,000 feet in 20 seconds to a ...

SOLUKHUMBU: One of the most dangerous airports in the world Tenzing-Hillary Airport, also known as Lukla Airport, in Solukhumbu ,does not have the necessary infrastructure to deal with the ...