Theseairportsareallhundreds, orthethousandsofkilometersawayfromeachother, andtheymostlyringaroundtheuninhabitedplateauwhen a planefliesfromKathmandutolowHASA.
Inadditiontobeingthedestinationin 2018 a SichuanAirlinesflightwasflyingfromChongqingtotheHASAacrosstheplateauat 30,000 ftwhen a windowblewoutanditsuffered a depressurizationevent.
Thisisn't really a problemfor a shortflightthrough, butforlongerflightsacrosstheplateauthatmightlastforsixhoursormore, thiscouldbecome a reallysignificantproblem.
Ultimately, thebigreasonwhyairplanesalmostalwaysavoidflyingovertheTibetanplateautogettotheirdestinationsisn't becauseofanysupernaturalcurseorsomethinglikethat, but a simple, reallyqualitythatiftheyweretoexperienceanemergencywellflyingacrossitwouldperhapsbethemostdangerousplaceanywhereovertheinhabitedEarth's continentstoexperienceit.
It's a reminderthatdespitehowadvanced, connected, safeandsmallourworldmayseem, there's still a fewwildandremoteareasleftthataredangerousforustotravelthrough.
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