A TERRIFYING flight path has been revealed as too dangerous for planes to travel over.
Dubbed the “roof of the world” the airway across the Himalayas is home to treacherous sky-scraping mountaintops.
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Mt. Everest, which is the tallest point on Earth, is one of the many mountains found in the Tibeton Plateau.
The mountains in Tibet are around four times the size of Texas, spanning an area approximately 970,000 square miles, according to Travel + Leisure.
With a plane’s cruising altitude usually sitting at thirty to forty thousand feet, fears have been raised over what would happen during an emergency rapid descent.
During cabin decompression a pilot needing to reach a lower altitude with more oxygen would need to return to as low as 8,000 feet.
With the mountainous range being known to reach 14,800 feet, any pilot flying across the path would run the risk of having no viable options during such an emergency.
Pilots have taken to Reddit to reveal that it would take 22 minutes to descend to a safe height, leaving little room for error to ensure passengers receive enough oxygen before diverting elsewhere.
This rare occurrence has been listed as one of many reasons which make the region so perilous to flyers.
Turbulence in the Tibetan Plateau has been predicted to be worse than other areas as the mountainous landscape could cause sudden unexpected movements as pilots attempt to navigate the rocky area.
The freezing temperatures beyond the snow-capped peaks could even freeze jet fuel.
A British Airways flight crash-landed in Heathrow Airport in 2002 after ice crystals blocked the engine.
There were no fatalities but if this were to occur in the already treacherous region the result could be far worse.
Despite the area being dubbed the “roof of the world” some airlines have been unable to bypass the route due to the five different airports in Tibet.
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