Everest climbers take-off from Lukla, Nepal

Name: Everest climbers take-off from Lukla, Nepal
Uploaded: 2014-04-28T14:35:08.000Z
Duration: 1 min 16 s
Description: The BBC's Yogita Limaye reports from the town of Lukla in Nepal, the gateway to Mount Everest, after 16 sherpas died in an avalanche earlier in the month.

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Climbers have been returning from Mount Everest's base camp in Nepal, following the death of 16 sherpas in an avalanche earlier in the month.

The BBC's Yogita Limaye reports from the airport in the town of Lukla, the gateway to Mount Everest, where pilots face a tricky take-off.

Asia

28 April 2014