Chapter 197 Emergency Landing

Chapter 197 Emergency Landing

Betty and other crew members were also confused.

The bald policeman shook his eyelids and even wondered whether Gu Ji might be an accomplice of the man in sunglasses.

Even the man in sunglasses looked at his profile with interest, "Hey! Old man, aren't you afraid of death?"

Gu Ji ignored him.

Instead, while looking at the watch, he looked back through the small oval window at Engine No. 1.

He chose to sit here not because he wanted to subdue the man in sunglasses.

Now that we know the other party's purpose, it means that until the plane successfully lands in Sinaloa, the entire flight's passengers and crew members are safe for the time being, as long as they don't irritate him rashly.

In contrast, the emergency landing caused by the failure of both engines is currently the most dangerous and the most urgent difficulty for him to solve.

The two are like the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction in high school politics textbooks.

This is also the reason why the game system defines this level as [accident disaster].

So Gu Ji chose to sit here just so that he could rush into the cabin to help as soon as an accident occurred.

Seeing that he was completely ignored, the man in sunglasses twitched the corner of his mouth twice, whether it was shock or anger, but he did not have an attack after all. Instead, he sat down quietly and fastened his seat belt.

Betty stroked her proud chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the terrorists did not act excessively, they had hope of saving the flight, so they asked the three economy class cabin crew members to take care of the passengers and then went to the cabin, presumably to contact the captain or the ground to request anti-hijacking assistance.

The bald policeman chose to sit behind Gu Ji, across the aisle from the man in sunglasses on the right, ensuring that he could keep an eye on both of them at the same time.

Unexpectedly, less than a minute passed.

Betty hurriedly came back and called the police away, leaving the BAT short-term commander to keep an eye on Gu Ji and the man in sunglasses.

They should have contacted the ground.

Gu Ji glanced at his watch. There was only one minute left in the countdown.

The plane was still tilting and turning, and the sky outside the window was like an ethereal blue crystal. A few thin pieces of fog were gently rippling below, and no trace of birds could be seen at all.

This is also his priority inference based on the historical cause of double-engine failure air crashes: bird flock collision!

Theoretically, aircraft are most prone to bird strikes during takeoff, climb, descent, approach and landing. According to accident statistics, more than 90% of bird strikes occur at airports and airspace near airports, and 50% occur at low altitudes. in the airspace of 30 meters, but 1% still occurred at altitudes exceeding 760 meters.

For example, in 2013, Air China was struck by a bird at high altitude, or the Swoop 312 Boeing 737 flight hit a flock of geese during flight.

The current cruising altitude of the aircraft should be around 8,800 meters. Basically, the birds that can fly at this altitude are large birds. If a 7 kg wild goose hits an aircraft traveling at 960 kilometers per hour, the impact force will reach 144 tons, and it will immediately Cause machine destruction and human death!

"It seems that it is not an external factor..."

If it is really a flock of birds, judging from the development of the accident line of his violent interference, the turning trajectories of the two routes are different, wouldn't it mean that he successfully avoided the collision and completed the mission goal?

Gu Jicai didn't believe that the system would set the difficulty of the red level to such a low level.

The countdown is over.

He counted one second, then two seconds in his mind, until at the beginning of the fourth second, he vaguely felt his body begin to shift. At the same time, other passengers in the cabin also noticed something was wrong, and a strong sense of weightlessness came from the sore bladder. At first, my scalp was numb all the way, my feet and butt were off the seat, and my stomach was tightly strangled by the seat belt.

At that moment, it seemed as if the entire space was stagnant.

The blond ponytail of the freckled girl Chloe first swung to the right, and then gradually straightened upwards. The drinks, books, computers on the small table, and even the blanket covering her body all floated into the air and were pressed hard. There was a crackling sound on the roof of the hangar.

Buzz—!

The plane tilted and plummeted!

"ah--!"

"Help!"

"Ouch! Allah! The plane is going to crash! The plane is going to crash!!"

…

After a few seconds of extreme panic, sharp screams were heard from the front and rear of the cabin at the same time. The Middle Eastern curly retched and even reached out to grab the seat belt. The moment the lock buckle was disconnected, his body suddenly floated into the air. In the middle, the paddle board seemed to be caught by the huge waves and hit the roof of the cabin with a "bang".

"Sir! Sir!!"

"Everyone fasten your seat belts! Get down! Grab the seat in front of you!"

"Margaret! Don't go there!!"

Unexpectedly, the blond stewardess also made the same choice as last week. As soon as she saw Curly Hair in danger, she decisively left the safety seat and wanted to reach out to give him a hand.

But this time the plane dived and crashed even more horribly than before.

The entire fuselage seemed to be turning in a spiral. Margaret's arm strength was not strong enough to hold her firmly on the seat. She was suddenly thrown away by the huge acceleration inertia. Before the short seller had time to react, it was pitiful. She hit the window on the side of the cabin, and blood even sprayed on the front area of ​​the cabin.

"I, I bought it!!"

"ah!"

"God! This must be crazy! Crazy!"

"Seven seconds, eight seconds, nine seconds..."

Compared to the frightened and panicked passengers, Gu Ji was the calmest one. He held onto the cabin wall in front of him with both hands, his face turning red from suppressing it, and silently thinking about the time of his descent.

Unexpectedly, even if he brought the terrorists to the surface for supervision this time, the result still did not change.

More than ten seconds passed, but the captain and co-pilot did not intervene at all.

He turned his head.

I found that the man in sunglasses was also holding on to the seat in a panic, fighting against the weightlessness.

Isn't it because of terrorists?

Just when Gu Ji was analyzing whether the accomplice of the man in sunglasses had sneaked into the cabin, "buzz", the plane suddenly began to slow down, deflect and level, and gradually lifted upwards.

Under the influence of the huge climbing force, things continued to fall, and all the overhead luggage racks in the cabin were knocked open. The lights flickered on and off, and shocking sparks erupted. Suitcases and cosmetics were scattered like flowers, and the ground was a mess. , full of leftover food, garbage and blood, as well as motionless people whose life and death were unknown.

Is this round of work in vain?

"grass!"

Gu Ji glared sharply and swore from the bottom of his teeth, "It's a big deal!"

While the fuselage was being leveled, he decisively removed his seat belt, grabbed the door frame and rushed into the business class cabin.

Compared with the economy class, the business class has fewer people and the seats are wide and soft. Almost no passengers were injured. However, what is different from last week is that the flight attendant Betty and the bald policeman fell to the ground with unknown life or death. They should have contacted the ground. , the plane suddenly fell and there was no time to react.

Now only the young and beautiful black-haired first-class stewardess from FAT was left. When she saw Gu Ji appear, she was also a little confused:

"Sir! Please return to your seat immediately! This is very dangerous!"

"My, my name is Yasen! I know some flying knowledge. The plane suddenly dived and fell. There must be something wrong in the cab. Please contact the captain immediately, I can help!"

Gu Ji held on to the business-seat sofas on both sides of the aisle with both hands, exerting force step by step, shouting and walking, like a climber making the final sprint to climb a peak.

This level of difficulty is even more exaggerated than the anchor crash in the cruise level.

Fortunately, his strength has not been weakened, and with the physique of "Yasen", he has good lower limbs, waist and abdominal core muscles, so it is relatively easy to stabilize his center of gravity.

The black-haired flight attendant pursed her red lips and seemed to know that there was something wrong with the plane.

But now that both the steward and the policeman were unconscious, she didn't dare to make a rash decision.

While she was hesitating.

The fuselage suddenly began to shake violently, and a "bang bang bang" sound was heard from the right side. The aircraft suddenly lost its ability to climb and swayed left and right again and fell.

"The No. 1 engine on the right side is damaged! Hurry! There is no time!"

"You come with me!"

The moment she saw billowing black smoke along the window, the black-haired flight attendant finally made up her mind, took off her seat belt, held on to the cabin wall and came to the cab door, pressed the intercom button: "Mr. Co-pilot, there is a man outside the door. Mr. Yasen knows aviation knowledge, and he wants to enter the cab to help, is that okay?"

"Let him in!"

Hearing the affirmation from the loudspeaker, the black-haired stewardess quickly pressed the password, and then the cabin door was thrown open with a "bang", and Gu Ji quickly stepped in.

But the scene in front of him made his pupils shrink suddenly.

In the cockpit, food was scattered all over the floor, and the flight controls were all covered in blood. A thin young co-pilot wearing a white shirt with half sleeves and three stripes on his shoulders was struggling to hold the main driver's joystick. While holding an aviation map manual between his legs, his forehead was covered with sweat.

The middle-aged captain fell under the driver's seat, his mouth and nose bleeding, and he was already a dead body.

"How could the captain..."

"Do you know anything about flying?"

Unexpectedly, the co-pilot did not give him a chance to ask, but instead asked him urgently about his level and ability.

Gu Ji knew that this was a very critical moment, so he did not hesitate.

"Learned it! Especially the flight direction!"

"That's great! My name is Bolton, and I'll give you the map! Keep an eye on the gyro, navigate manually, and give me verbal reports every half minute!"

The co-pilot had a free hand and threw the map book onto him.

Gu Ji quickly sat in the passenger seat and put on his seat belt.

And when he looked at the flight control, he realized why Bolton wanted him to navigate manually. He saw a line of red "no signal" warning displayed on the radar interface of the center control. Not only that, the two GPS antennas equipped with Boeing-7M8 Three NAV navigation radio stations and three COOM communication radio stations also all turned on red lights.

In other words, this aircraft has completely lost its positioning, navigation and communication capabilities!

how so?

Civil aviation airliners have considered various extreme situations from the beginning of their safety design, so they are equipped with multiple systems. Even if one system fails, the other system can be used as a backup.

But now all the radar positioning and communications on the plane have failed, which really makes him feel incredible.

Even if the engine is turned off and the generator stalls, the aircraft can still use battery power, and when the main battery fails, there is a backup battery, so there is no "double engine failure" that will affect communication and navigation.

"Shortly after the captain left the cab, the aircraft's communications, radar, and radio positioning suddenly failed. I checked the disconnector and restored it, but there was still no response. The captain suspected that this might be the work of terrorists, so he took over the control manually. , diverted to Mazatlan, Mexico..."

Bolton explained the damage in a few words.

Gu Ji suddenly understood.

After the captain manually operated the joystick to turn, he suddenly died halfway. His body pressed against the joystick, forcing the horizontal tail elevator to deflect downward, causing the aircraft to dive and fall.

Since it occurs during the turn, the captain's body will follow the deflection, further affecting the control column.

You must know that the main and co-pilot joysticks of Boeing aircraft are linked. That is to say, as long as the main pilot deviates, the co-pilot will also move accordingly.

Therefore, in order to avoid conflicts, the handover of control requires the pilot to shout "hand over control", the other pilot shouts "take control", and then the former repeats the first sentence to complete the process. The process is somewhat similar to the offside of a SWAT tactician. .

This 1-2-1 dialogue is designed to ensure absolute safety.

And when faced with an emergency, such as this situation, it all depends on who has greater strength.

Bolton was able to remove the main pilot's seat belt and push the captain's body away from the rudder within ten seconds, which is considered a quick reaction.

Gu Ji frowned slightly.

There was no problem with the power system, but the most important communications, radio, and radar failed.

This is so suspicious.

Because several systems are not in the same location.

Even if there is a communication failure, it will not affect the GPS positioning. Unless the entire avionics system is burned down, such as being struck by lightning, the communication and oxygen supply systems in the cabin can still be used, including lighting, controlling the whereabouts of oxygen masks, recovery, etc. wait.

It seems that just as the captain judged, this is definitely man-made!

Except for the man in sunglasses.

There must be a person responsible for damaging avionics, navigation, positioning and communications, and poisoning the captain!

One of the reasons why the other party did this;

It should be that the plane "disappears".

As long as the radio positioning is damaged, the aircraft will completely lose contact with the ground, and airlines will not be able to determine the specific location of the aircraft. They can only find it with the naked eye through military satellites or additional reconnaissance aircraft.

At the same time, cutting off communications can also prevent crew members from communicating with the ground and transmit intelligence information to the government and police.

In this way, as long as the plane lands in Sinaloa normally.

The drug gang can find the passenger plane as soon as possible, and by the time the Mexican or Panamanian rescue teams arrive, the day lilies are already cold.

It's just that Gu Ji couldn't understand it.

It's enough to cut off communications and radios, why kill the captain?

You know, once the aircraft loses its captain, it will be difficult for the co-pilot alone to land safely when the navigation system is damaged, let alone that a "double engine failure" will occur at the moment.

"The No. 1 engine on the right side of the aircraft stopped running, and the No. 2 engine on the left side also failed. In order to avoid further damage to the engine, I had to adjust the No. 2 engine to the idle position and lower the flight altitude. Now we have to take advantage of the opportunity. Before the No. 2 engine fails, find the nearest airport and make an emergency landing..."

“Boom—!”

Just when Bolton urged Gu Ji, there was another loud noise from the left wing, and then the plane completely lost power and fell faster!

Bolton stared, staring straight at the red light symbolizing danger and warning on the onboard computer. It wasn't until the sweat on his forehead fell into his eye sockets that he instinctively blinked, as if he had just come to life, " God, both engines have failed!! Yassen, get the QRH and check immediately!"

QRH is the Twin Engine Failure Quick Check Manual.

Gu Ji knew that the "Hell Level Difficulty" really started at this moment. After answering, he immediately found the manual according to the position of Bolton's finger.

Now he is like a helper who helps candidates find answers in open-book exams.

While staring at the flight altitude, heading, wind direction, and calculated position information, I quickly flipped through the pages of the QRH manual.

"If there is sufficient fuel, you can select the engine ignition mode to restart the engine..."

"I tried, but it didn't work! Change another one!"

Before Gu Ji could finish reading it, Bolton vetoed it.

He continued to rummage.

"If it is not possible to attempt an engine relight, such as engine damage, fly at green dot speeds, maintaining optimal lift-to-drag ratio to maximize remaining cabin preparation time and flight distance."

"Where we are now."

"Location, location, location..."

Gu Ji repeated silently in his mouth, his eyes like a scanner, quickly flashing back and forth between the computer data and the paper map, "318, west-northwest of San Luis Poto, heading 030. Calculated according to the current speed and heading, we Should land at Torreon Airport!”

Thanks to the heading mark bonus, in just a few seconds, he could tell the compass degrees, current reference city orientation, heading and other key data.

San Luis Potosí is a city in central Mexico, less than 200 kilometers away from Mazatlan, Sinaloa.

According to the current heading, the nearest airport is Torreon, which is 140 kilometers away and heading north.

But very quickly.

Gu Ji looked at the current altitude again, and his eyes changed.

"No, Bolton, with the current altitude and Green Dot speed, we only have about 11 minutes to prepare. We can't reach Torreon. We can only look for mountains and make an emergency landing!!"