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Lukla

Lukla airport in Nepal has a reputation as the world's scariest due to flying in small, cramped planes packed with climbers en route to Mount Everest, with one author describing the experience as being crammed like "human sardines"; while the airport provides access for climbers, it also sees accidents like a 2008 crash where a landing mistake caused the plane to burst into flames, killing all passengers except the pilot.

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Lukla

Lukla airport in Nepal has a reputation as the world's scariest due to flying in small, cramped planes packed with climbers en route to Mount Everest, with one author describing the experience as being crammed like "human sardines"; while the airport provides access for climbers, it also sees accidents like a 2008 crash where a landing mistake caused the plane to burst into flames, killing all passengers except the pilot.

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Lukla has a reputation among climbers for being the world's scariest airport; the

planes that transport climbers are quite small.

"Imagine a metal tube of human sardines flying through the air," Mark Horrell,
Everest climber and the author of the book "Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest,"
wrote in his blog. "Sixteen people are crammed tightly together inside with their
thighs pressed up against their chests and modestly full day packs balanced on top
of their knees."

Horrell, who has made the trip to Lukla seven times, described one accident in 2008
when a pilot misjudged the landing.

"The plane burst into flames, killing everyone on board except the pilot, who was
the only one able to escape from the fireball," he wrote.

From Lukla, climbers trek 40 miles to the foot of the mountain. This often takes
two weeks, since climbers need to acclimatize to the high-altitude environment.

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