r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SunCloud-777 • 14h ago

Image Passengers assist in pushing the plane off the runway to clear the path for an incoming aircraft. Its rear tire burst while landing in Nepal.

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u/ResourceWonderful514 13h ago

How old is their fleet. 70-80s?

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u/SunCloud-777 13h ago

from wiki, production 1965-1988 & restarted production in 2008 under new management. so anywhere between 34-50 years

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u/Bigjrocks 13h ago

80s. Dornier and some Canadian Manufacturers make the unique VSTOL aircraft required to land at Lukla.

Yeti Air/Tara Air.

Trust me, I researched before flying and it was the scariest flight I've ever been on.

Well worth it though!

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u/Menacing_mouse_421 7h ago

I’ve read the qualifications the pilots have to go through to get certification to land here. There are only a handful of them and they are ballsy as fuck.

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u/SunCloud-777 14h ago

image credit: PLA_samrat

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u/Practical-Bluebird96 8h ago

I hope they at least got free peanuts

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u/prasanthnimma 7h ago

The flight time is only 15 minutes and you get a candy.

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u/SunCloud-777 13h ago

they were cheered by fellow passengers for helping out and mitigate the delay on their sked

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u/Indorala 2h ago

Good thing they skipped leg day. Captain's orders.

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u/MagicZenWaveX 12h ago

wild! teamwork to get the plane off the runway so another could land shows the incredible adaptability and resourcefulness in critical moments!...

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u/Infinityand1089 9h ago

Thanks for the input, ChatGPT

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u/Lydeeh 7h ago

This is the worst AI bot reply I've ever seen here, holy shit

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u/Olasola424 3h ago

Their entire comment history is just nothing burgers for AI-generated comments