The Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge (I)

The longest and deepest canyon on Earth, it goes from east Tibet around the Namcha Barwa mountain to enter India, when the Yarlung becames the Brahmaputra. The flight for the first part starts at Gonggar ZULS and ends at Qamdo Bangda Airport ZUBD, the flightplan: ZULS DCT DM DCT 2916N09201E DCT 2917N09209E DCT 2915N09212E DCT 2914N09222E DCT 2916N09224E DCT 2915N09228E DCT 2909N09232E DCT 2903N09304E DCT 2900N09319E DCT 2910N09331E DCT 2907N09353E DCT ZUNZ DCT 2929N09436E DCT 2929N09449E DCT 2937N09456E DCT 2938N09453E DCT 2945N09501E DCT 2946N09511E DCT 2951N09505E DCT 2954N09511E DCT DCH DCT ZUBD It can be safely flown at 15500 feet, if your plane has enough manoeuvrability, if not, sometimes you'll have to climb to FL190 and beyond, the final leg to Qamdo and before descent it is better to reach FL230. If you continue along the river up to India, you can descend more, as you can see in the next part at    • The Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge (II)   The Yarlung flows at ~11000 feet before entering the gorge, and ends as Brahmaputra in India exiting the gorge at about 1000 feet. 02:00 Overflying Nyingchi Airport, ZUNZ, Mainling, China 03:00 The Gorge 03:30 View of Namcha Barwa 05:50 Leaving the Gorge at its northest point, enroute to Qamdo Bangda Airport 08:00 Qamdo Bangda Airport