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No Commercial Flight Has Ever Crossed Directly Over Mount Everest — Here's the Real Reason Why

Everest's summit sits well within cruising altitude for a jet, but there's no safe way down from there in an emergency — which is exactly why every…

By Laxman Rawal · Aug 18, 2026

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Key facts Everest's summit sits at 8,849m (29,032ft) — inside the altitude band where most long-haul jets cruise, yet no scheduled airline route crosses directly over it. Standard emergency procedure after a cabin decompression is to descend to 10,000ft…

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What this means for travellers

What this means for you If you actually want to get close to Everest rather than see it from a cruising airliner's window seventy miles off, air travel within Nepal is the way to do it, not a scheduled jet route. A helicopter tour puts you down at Everest…

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