Plane landing at Lukla Airstip in the Khumbu, Nepal
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- This video shows a twin otter STOL plane landing and taking off at Lukla airstrip in the Khumbu region of Nepal. This is how many trekkers to Everest start their journeys. This video was taken before the airstrip was tarmacked and was just a dirt strip. It is called the Ski jump as there is a 10% incline. There is also footage taken from high on the Zatra-la pass of a plane coming into land. It shows the vast scale of the Himalayas.
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I was there in 1980 and the runway was just grass, not dirt. Cows used to graze there. When airplanes were approaching, the Sherpas would just move them off.
Wow really. Thanks for the info, man.
Its a garcharan area
my God the epic period of the patatoes field as runway... when the think about...
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Lukla with Tarmac: Holy sh*t that’s dangerous
Lukla without Tarmac:
ItsJamMan hell
ItsJamMan, This picture is from eighties, why don’t you check the latest one !
Ang Sherpa I guess you didn’t understand the comment.
ItsJamMan, material used for surfacing roads or other outdoor areas, consisting of crushed rock mixed with tar???
Ang Sherpa Yea thats what tarmac is, why?
I landed here twice in 1992, very much pre tarmac, the landing threw up a shower of stones that hit the plane, and sent a cloud of dust over Lukla, there were bits of planes stacked at the side of the strip.
Waited here 3 days to fly out, one aborted take off, one take off followed by a quick turn round and landed again at Lukla, and finally a clear run out to Kathmandu.
Amazing experience on the old dirtstrip. I have been since on the tarmac strip,still great fun, but thanks for the only video I have seen of the old strip.
wow an aborted take off on that runway! that's got to have a pucker factor to it!
as much as I would love to be there, there is no way would I put a foot into one of these planes to fly there. I would rather hike there.
aborted take off? At the lukla? seriously? how far off the runway did the "abort" begin?
Yes we all rushed on board the pilot started the engines and rolled out to the top of the slope, engines revved to full we started to move, but not very far and then the pilots called it off and we all got off. The weather was bad, and they need visual to clear a ridge.
4 hrs later we had another go,nearly dark and snowing, and this time got airborne, but the pilots could not get enough visual to clear the ridge, we did a big circuit and relanded at Lukla.
2 days later the weather cleared enough for a 3rd attempt, this time all went well and 30 mins later we were in Kathmandu.
I have been a few more times and the tarmac runway is much easier.
Aborted takeoff? V1's when you start moving pretty much
I ama first officer at tara airlines in Nepal and I fly Twin otters plane twice a day to lukla and it's so difficult to land there I can assure you that 😀😀
Difficult but still easier than doing the same on flight simulator.
Did you mean harder? flight sim is just a piece of cake when you've studied tech manual. ruclips.net/video/fyhqj-2Mz80/видео.html ruclips.net/video/_eK7ZQ6wgOg/видео.html
As a former RAF pilot with about 4,000 hours flying time. I take my hat off to you, Aashish.
I am a flight simmer, and I have about 300 flying hours in the 737-800, and I take my hat off to you for your amazing work.
No doubt but i'd love to land there.
I flew out of here after a 3 day wait camping next to the runway back in '94. During the takeoff roll, we observed a couple of kids and their billy cart and dog racing down the runway beside us out the right window. I'll never forget those stall indicators after we dropped off the end - redefines 'rotation'! Thanks for the vid - still as exciting to watch now in 2019! Cheers from Sydney, Aust - Dave
It should be earlier than 2001. There's a saying that the lukla airport had update the runway to concrete in 2001. The pilots who fly lukla are absolutely the best pilots in the world.
frank simon Not sure whether they're the best, but definitely the bravest, every flight take-off is a suicide mission.
+klsar1 There are more difficult spots that Lukla.. Lukla is rather big, Do228 and Twotters are mainly flying. When it comes to strips where only a Porter can operate things get interesting.
Hard up for a job to fly there.
When i trekked there in late 2000, they were working on the paving.
@@klsar1 Irrespective of how experienced the pilot is, they must go through the tough training before they are assigned to fly to Lukla. There is no second chance go back or if you change your mind once you start descending. You have tall mountains in the front, tall mountains to your left, right, everywhere except above and you can't go up vertically at that time and plane can't do that except USA F-35. lolz
Looking at recent videos of Lukla and you can see how developed the area is. A Control tower recently built as well as buildings surrounding the airport. The tarmac is as recent as 2001.
Everest has become busy with 1000s of people. This airport is where they arrive. So it needed to be upgraded to handle the higher demand
a bit of history: The airport was built in 1964 under the supervision of Edmund Hillary, who originally intended to build the airport on flat farmlands. However, local farmers did not want to give up their land, so the airport was built at its current position. Hillary bought the land from local Sherpas for US$2,650 and involved them in building the facilities. It has been said that Hillary was unhappy with the runway's soil resistance, and that his solution was to buy local liquor 😂🤣 for the Sherpas and ask them to perform a foot-stomping dance to flatten the land that served as the runway. The runway was not paved until 2001
This Lukla Airpot almost nearly morethen 45 years but this pic not 7 years before I mean about it was 25/6 years,
Woww old video, but now may buildings around the runway.. Love from indonesia
Reminds me of my youth. I landed there in 1981. Spectacular !
must have been quite a time! Do share more about it!
I cannot say you exact date of the video but it's certainly before 1999. May be during Visit Nepal Year.
macoooy my dear sir I was born in 1981 🤗
Please tell us more as to how you came to be at Lukla during your youth, as you said. It would be very interesting to know more.
Actually how Lukla get it's supplies like construction materials, etc. Is there any road to Lukla ? How long it take to reach Lukla by road ( if there is a road). Cheers
It's not a Twin Otter, it's a Harbin Y-12.
Its Old video, now there aspfalt road and more houses
I flew out of there in March, 1979 after spending a month on the Everest trek. (to Kala Pattar). Grass runway, only a few buildings. Watching the mountains hovering over the clouds on the right after take-off , and then disappearing as we descended through them, was a very emotional experience, as I knew I had just had ended the adventure of my life
Take-off at Lukla isn't that big a deal---if you hit V1. Lots of airports end in a drop-off. But landings? Yikes! (My worsts were Tegucigalpa and the old Hong Kong Kai-tak.)
I flew in and out of Lukla in early 70s. The strip was still dirt. No room for error. Pilot delighted in pointing out the dead aircraft littering the valley far below the airport. Wonderful part of the world!
You would have enjoyed the aircraft carcasses at the end of the pitiful runway at the edge of Jomosom back then.
What was it like to be there in the 70s .Plz share your experience. Would love to hear it.
I remember seeing the remains of crashed aircraft in the valley. Seeing this made it very scary taking off, especially when we dropped a bit off the runway before climbing. I was there in 1983.
I would love to see a Harbin Y12 (I believe that's what the aircraft is) brilliant video!
I thought it was a Nord 262, not sure tho
The Harbin Y12 was just brought in 2014 here in Nepal
Yes...its y12 aircraft 💗 my lovely aircraft 💗
Y 12 aircraft 💗
I've been in and out of Lukla a few times. Always exciting. The last time I was very ill, with pneumonia and had to get to get out of there. No ticket,no problem. My buddy and I gave the guy on the gate approx. $10, walked out and got on a Seti Airways twin otter. 45 minutes later we were in Kathmandu.
In my day this was just buffalo and potatoes...
Wow. The airstrip has come a long way.
I flew into this airport several times before this runway was paved. You think this is a bad runway, you should try flying into Dolpa.
I couldnt agree more though I used to fly these but dolpa is really scary worst on a hot day.
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One airport in new Guinea is worse than this you fly up a narrow valley the 45 degree grass airstrip is at right angle to your flight path and about 300 mtrs long. The plane turns sharply right no sooner are the wing level you are landing. Taking off down the hill virtually as soon as you take off the plane banks hard left we were in a Pilatus Porter nothing much bigger can land here
Ah yes. But Lukla is in the fog layer. And yes you do have the turn just before landing. ( or after take off ). It is the only runway I know where the lower retaining wall was made out of crashed planes. Of course you do have to add earthquakes and ice to the mix. But what is life without a little excitement.
ปัจจุบันลาดยางแล้วก็ยังเสียวอยู่..รันเวย์สั้นไป ชอบดู..
I landed here in 1982. There are less houses and the plane was Pilatus
Still dont get it, why DH6?
Amazing to look at this film then and see the airport today. Makes me wonder about all the work and How they paved a runway in such a remote location, in retrospect.
Same way like they pave roads and build houses -.-
He meant: How did they get the materials up to this town? There are no roads. (Perhaps they just used local rocks & pounded them to stone. Add tar. Done.)
@@electrictroy2010 I flew in in MarcH of 2001 by chopper and that's EXACTLY what they were doing. The tar was being carried in buckets and pored over the broken rocks. The recent photos make it look like a smooth asphalt surface so maybe that was done later in 2001 or since.
धन्य हो इस देश को 🙏🇮🇳
It was paved in 2001. I was trekking there and had to chopper in because it was under construction at the time.
100 years ago in luckla airport
100?
Imagine an Airbus A380 landing on that thing lol
that would be called a crash
@@skipstalforce Yes. The runway is 1350' long and ends with a rock wall/cliff.
Before it was paved? Impressive.
obviously
Pretty cool how the shape of this airport worked out. Form and function.
It is a Harbin Y-12 D for Nepal Airways. The Aircraft Must be 9N-ACD the first Privately Registered Aircraft for a Private airline in Nepal. This Video Must have been taken in between 1992 AD- 1996 AD.
did we fly Harbin (isnt it chinese) back then too?
The runway was not paved until 2001.[6]
You have to be on your toes to land here ! No auto piolet to Gide you in !
Thx for sharing this great video. Cheers from Hamburg
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In which year was this video taken?
For God sake , , how come this channel didn’t even feel the need to mention the year of recording. Precious vdo anyway.
Yeah this ain't no Twotter ! Its a Harbin-Shenyang 12, a Chinese Design. Somewhat like a Twotter and the Video is low res.
When I was there in 1998 the only Harbin-Shenyang 12 they had was derelict with no engines and the Twotters were doing all the flying there. The Dornier 228 has no Wingstruts and retractable gear! Regards from Alaska!
Someone beat me to it! I knew that wasnt a DHC6, just didn't look right. But I couldnt put my finger on what it actually was.
I flew to Juphal in the Dolpo region of north western Nepal in 2008 which had a dirt airstrip, and probably still is. It was quite an experience. The two pilots looked hardly old enough to shave.
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Before 2001 Lukla look like Dirt and weather rain and wet may chance have skid off the runway
I make a bet, be sure you suddenly remember all the forgotten prayers of your youth, when approaching and landing on that airfield :-)
When was this? I know that the strip is paved now. Crazy that it was dirt at one point.
Way luka
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Weird plane. First impressions were a twin otter but its not. Someone said Dornier but it doesnt look like any dornier ive seen. strange!
Harbin Y-12 II
Aashik Pokhrel Chinese knock off of DH6.
This video was taken before the surfacing of the RWY. Can you tell us what year you took this footage, please? This place has been home to us many times and I always tell those who think about going to remember that there are NO promises when flying anywhere in Nepal and LUKLA is the top of the list!! Great Job! Thanks!
My place
Mingma Sherpa dj
옛날에는 활주로에 아스팔트도 안 깔린거야?
Как жалко !
Такое красивое место , а полоса грунтовая ! 😏
Летчики молодцы ! 👍
Its paved now.
I flew out in 1982 when the runway was an unpaved yak pasture. They sounded an alarm as the plane approached and the herders drove the yaks off the runway. Often times the ground was too muddy from melted snow or rain to land or take off. The airport was sometimes closed for days or even weeks. Trekkers had to hike out during these times. It took about 10 days or so of difficult hiking to get to Kathmandu, but if you had a flight out of the country on a certain date, you had no choice.
I had my flight out from Katmandu.. I had allowed a week for delays. If I had known what was about to happen I would have walked on that very first day and made my flight in time. The fog lasted for ten days. Missed my connecting flight and began a bit of a nightmare journey home.
Doesn't look like Lukla. How many years ago was this, before paved runway, before the buildings, before the rock wall at the end of the runway...
Das muss ja in den 70iher Jahren sein oder?
hmm I think that is a Harbin Y-12 landing and taking off but that first aircraft landing seen from a distant might be a DHC-6 Twin otter :) anyways great video thank yhou for posting it :)
Show off 😁😁
Wow this must be from 1980s no runway at all its just dirt pretty much look like 1964 style
There should be some advanced navgation system add to this airport or aircrafts fly to this airport. Such as RNP and GPS landing system. In case of low visibility it is really difficult to operate.
frank simon There is no any navigation system in this airport....
Excellent footage of the pre-tarmac period. Thx
Hopefully, Successful Landings Get At Least Free Dinner @ the A/ Port Rest.,If Not A Better Prize! if Landing Gear Needs New Shocks,U Will Realize It After Landing There.Lol
This is from before they invented pavment.
...wow, the airstrip has come a long way since then...!
How did the tarmac get where? Surly they didn't take it up there on the back off doncky lol
But still you can't get tones of tarmac in a DHC-6 can you?
Archie Scriven Someone told me that they helicoptered loads up from a batch plant that was set up at a lower elevation , I don't know if that is true or not but it sounds believable , they got it up there somehow.
Archie Scriven helicopter is the best way
I don't realized I already seen this vids a year ago!
धन्न आजकल runway pitch भाको छ र लाज छोप्ने बाटो भएको छ l
Thukka Mero des yeti jabo runway concreet garne khupi Xaina
Hoje em dia este aeroporto está completamente modernizado!! Nem parece o mesmo!
Omg still now it looks so dangerous before it didnt even have roads . Nepal pilots are amazing
Before it become fashion to want to climb Everest
Scary! The take-offs are all or nothing. Once you get about 1/2 down the runway you're 100% committed
I landed there in 1983
When was the first flight over there?
@@GT2024. in the 70s.
which plane first landed here..???
One way track take off...Kamikaze Pilot test
being airport why airlines n Nepal gov didn't make good runway n no any safety bars around, if anything happens to passengers n planes nobody can do nothing just watching only so there for should b atleast a small hospital n shops for maintenance in every airport,,,,
Respect
Wow, the Lukia Airport looks so much different today! All that tourist money though!
People only discussing about which year this video is.
Pilot- Am I a joke to you ?!!
k pista de mierda yo no aterriso en esa pista ni con mi cesna gran travajo. colegas y ojala k para la provcsima les tenga la pista mejor arregla.
Dirty government of nepal so that airport condition is poor
In theory, the friction cause by the rough surface of dirt could potentially cause the planes to landing in a shorter distance compared to the asphalt.....right?
Sân bay lukla thô sơ lúc mới hình thành là vầy đây .trông như máy bay đồ chơi trẻ em chạy trên mặt ruộng ở việt nam vậy ...
This is Not a DHC-6 Twin Otter but a Chinese built Harbin Y-12 aircraft !
Bet they're still paying some colonialist country royalty fees of the new concrete strip.....
これは凄い滑走路だな
たった20年前までこんなデコボコ砂利道の滑走路だったんだ
アスファルトになったのは本当に最近の話なのか！？
Its look like landing and takeoff from aircraft carrier
فیلم های قدیمی رو نمیشد انگولک کرد تا منطقه سرسبز تر و با رنگ آمیزی زیبا تری به نظر رسد
I would imagine that the dirt strip made landings easier, with the increased drag on the wheels, but take offs harder for the same reason.
The runway goes uphill, so less drag is better (otherwise the landing plane won’t make it to the top)
The amount of idiots who claim that it’s easy because they have done it in a game is hilarious.
And for those who don’t know, two things:
1) Once the pilot is committed (where you see the plane straightened with the cliff on its left) he HAS to land. You cannot go in any direction but towards the runway.
2) The tower is for flight information only. There is no positive control. They advise the pilot when the runway is clear or if another plane is going to land (there are also choppers). It’s up to the pilot.
Is there plane service to Namche bazar? There is an air runway strip I believe??
Es un video antiguo. La pista ahora está pavimentada.
sim, deve ser de 1970 esta filmagem
E por todo esses anos a não conseguiram colocar uma câmera na pico ali, fim/começo da pista
8years ago.no this airport already pitches. Maybe this video very old.
This is not seven years ago, 30 to 35 years ago!
Video was uploaded on RUclips 7 Years ago, not that Video is 7 Years Old.
Guys, I cannot say you exact date of the video but it's certainly before 1999. May be during Visit Nepal Year.
Dangerous ✈😭.fan
What model of DeHavilland Twin Otter is that? It has a square vertical stabilizer with a leading edge fin that I have never seen on a Twin Otter. Must have been an early variant.
Nah its definately not a twin otter..
dornier...prob a 228
비포장 활주로였던 시절의 랜딩이라니.. ㅎㄷㄷ
I am first officer for B-787😊
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Flight hours up to phone battery dead per day😂😂
This is how my Life looks like everyday of my Life.
Where were this clips shot, from the top of Everest? (And not even with zoom lens.) We know how dangerous the airport is and why, but we quit at 1:23 -- didn't like the duck quacking in the background! We can see the Himalayas better on Google Earth!
When was this shot? Never seen Lukla as a dirt strip. That’s not a twin Otter either.
That's Harbin-12
Holy shit pilots were actually landing and taking off on that strip before it was even paved ... OMG what balls...
This pilot is a hero
Which year would this be? I would say like early 1980s?
MrYeti1963 J took it in 1992,it was like that too !!
Thank You for pre-concrete runway video... The airport has changed since but not the airplane type.
Nepal ma tapare bahun le garda yesto Air port ko Gati hunu pugo
Esses pilotos são verdadeiros herois!! Nessa época nem pista tinha, era tudo olho e fé em Deus.
Who are here
Enjoying Lockdown
And lukla ismy Hometown
Dangerous airport of nepal.....but view was aswome to be there...
A dirt strip. Impressive.