Aviation history: At 13,629 ft, IAF lands heavy-lifter ‘Gajraj’ near LAC in Ladakh in record high-altitude touchdown - The Times of India
“Landing at 13,629 feet, a new height in aviation history”. Indian Air Force’s heavy-lift transport aircraft IL-76MD, famously called ‘Gajraj’, made a world record when it made a historic landing at the Nyoma airfield in eastern Ladakh at an altitude of 13,629 feet, achieving what the force described as the highest-altitude landing ever by an aircraft of this type anywhere in the world.