In pics: World's most dangerous airport Lukla,Nepal

Winston Aldworth flies on Tara Airlines from Lukla to Kathmandu The plane: A De Havilland Canada 6-300. On the way up, we had the Dornier 228. Class: We're all in this together. You know you're about to take off from - dun-dun! - The Most Dangerous ...

Feeling lucky? A plane lands at Nepal's Lukla airport (Image: Thinkstock) When the weather is shabby, though, the last place you'll want to be is in a roaring twin otter headed for a runway that slams into a mountain face. Jennifer Ennion More about ...

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Stepping on to the perilously short runway at Tenzing-Hillary Airport at Lukla, Nepal's gateway to Mt Everest, hearts are racing, palms are sweaty and brows furrowed. "Good fun, eh?" our guide Shanta grins, in reference to the death-defying feat ...

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Prayer flags, mani walls and chortens adorn the village of Ghat on the first day's walk to Phakding. The Khumbu is predominantly Buddhist and this is evident all along the trail to the Base Camp. In the courtyard outside, a lama studies from the ...

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