Plane taking off of cliff face from Lukla, Nepal

See a plane fly off a cliff face on take off. The last air strip before Mount Everest summit - Lukla. To get in and out planes have to negotiate a vertical cliff face - watch how they do it!

Filmed by Liam Southall http://www.liamsouthall.com

More info -
Lukla is at 2,860 metres (9,380 ft.)
The width is 20m and the runway incline is a staggering 11,75°, equivalent of almost 20%. The apron has 4 stands and there is one heli-pad located 150m below the TWR (air traffic control tower). No landing aids are available and Air Traffic Service is limited to AFIS (Aerodrome Flight Information Service) only.

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[RolloTheApollo]

And YouTube tourists, if you look in the comments section below you'll see two idiots arguing; typical Youtube.

[Ted7864]

Thank God my shippment of opium made it safely off the ground.

[f47lbx3]

A true "No Go Around" airstrip!

[FrapsYou]

Fuck Roller costers. I wanna ride this.

[transdrole]

Watch how they do it?  Uh, they rotate before the end of the strip, just like every other runway in the world. This is a vid hits attempt fail.

[nocalsteve]

@katie16ice It means the quality of the video image. 240p is low quality as opposed to 720p or 1080p that are High Definition (high quality).

[MrPyroflight]

At the end of the runway, the pilot shuts down the engine, pushes the nose down and screams: "HELL YEAH!!! GLIDE MOTHERFUCKER" :'')

[katie16ice]

im only 12 gosh

[SODihminen]

@katie16ice that u are retard

[katie16ice]

what does 240p mean

[TheLocoboy81]

240p. We meet again.

[AirCargoHeavy]

YouTube...where civility goes to die.