Talk about on a wing and prayer.
East of Mount Everest and the Himalayas is one of the world’s most notorious airstrips — one so treacherous passengers typically applaud at wheels down.
Paro International Airport in Bhutan, situated between 18,000-foot mountain peaks and nearby residential areas, provides such a challenge to pilots that only 50 jet jockeys worldwide have been deemed capable of the necessary last-minute maneuvering to land.
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