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We read in our Lonely Planet guide that this route - Khorog to Dushanbe in Tajikistan - was the only route that Aeroflot paid its pilots danger pay during Soviet times. Completely justified. Take a look at the video at this post to see why. Read more about and see the video from this beautiful and terrifying flight.
This Tajik Air AN 28 is ike a lunchbox on wheels with wings. When we first saw this plane, we thought Phew! Glad we're taking a car to Dushanbe. When none of the drivers were working during the holidays (end of Ramadan), we had to resort to flying on this plane from Khorog (Pamir mountains) to Dushanbe in Tajikistan. Read more about and see the video from this beautiful and terrifying flight.
A grandmother watches the mountains go by at VERY close range on the flight from Khorog to Dushanbe, Tajikistan. We hope the pilots still get danger pay for this route, as they did under Soviet times. Not only do they deserve it, but the passengers do, too.We were told afterwards that the maximum elevation of the flight was 4,200 meters (but some of the mountains around were 5,000+ meters!) with a speed of 350 km/hour. The pilot swore the closest we got to the mountains was 300 meters, but it sure looked and felt A LOT closer than that! Read more about and see the video from this beautiful and terrifying flight.
Yes, the plane really is as small as it looks against the mountains surrounding the runway. Flight from Khorog to Dushanbe in Tajikistan...© www.uncorneredmarket.com
