Airport Meow

Chapter 92 Fright in the Sky 9【Please collect and recommend】

Flight 961 of United Airlines has crossed more than half of the Pacific Ocean and is already approaching the island country, with less than 2 hours to go.

The co-driver Mike received the latest island country's regular weather report, "It's cloudy with rain, there may be thunderstorms, and the temperature is 20 degrees."

Captain Jax shrugged, "I've been used to it for a long time! This area is always like this. Once I caught up with an earthquake, can you imagine? Landing in an earthquake, Mike, you must have no such experience!"

Mike shook his head, "Frankly speaking, I don't want to have such an experience either; if it were me, I'd rather stay in heaven for a while..."

Jax smiled. "I thought you'd like something a little more exciting... well, let's look at the weather radar."

The 959 model is equipped with a special weather radar. With this sharp weapon and the weather report from air traffic control, it can avoid all bad weather.

Turning on the weather radar, they immediately saw a huge storm forming nearly a hundred miles in front of the plane.

Flights are flying in the Pacific Ocean, they will be guided by a series of flight control centers, and their current location has entered Tokyo flight control.

Tokyo Air Traffic Control, "961 descended to maintain 3 feet, and added JD 1 direction, there is a good area to pass through."

Captain Jax had some doubts about the path provided to him. He saw a huge storm cell on the path and didn't want to pass there;
"I saw a storm cell in 255. It's too big. I don't want to go through it. I'd rather find a way to go around it!"

"About 30 planes have passed through there, a passage 10 to 12 miles wide, and they're flying fine, no problem."

"The storm cell is still expanding, and it has reached 240..."

"Okay, I will find a way to help you turn around, Jingdong Branch to 030."

"030, received."

Captain Jax got his wish, this is his style, he flies according to his own style, and has never suffered a disadvantage in weather after flying for decades; his philosophy is that human beings should not fight against nature, but should be in awe of it.

Even if his detour is a bit far, the energy problem has become relatively less serious in the past few decades. It is conceivable that fossil fuels such as oil will gradually lose their status in the future, at least from now on. It's much cheaper than a hundred years ago, so he doesn't care about taking a long detour and spending more gas.

He got permission to bypass the storm, which is not easy for the airlines of most countries to make the controllers give in; but for the US airlines, it is a common thing, because of history, because of superiority, because of the garrison ... Therefore, the islanders have a good personality in the face of these things, but the domineering American pilots are very conniving, and they don't want to cause trouble.

Because of the change of course, the landing runway will also change accordingly. Flight 961 will queue up with those flights from China to Europe.

"Look, that solves it! Glad we don't have to go through that storm, I don't like storms, not at all!"

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Bei Haiyang looked at his watch. It was already 5 o'clock in the morning. They had just entered the sky above the island and were less than an hour and a half away from their destination.

The surroundings are as dark as ink, and there is no moonlight. This kind of flying state is a test for pilots!Because you can't judge the attitude of the aircraft through your normal body perception, is it slightly pitching up or diving?Is it a left turn or a right turn?

When you are in a silent night, the only thing you can rely on is the meter!
It is a paradox for pilots to overcome fear and force yourself to trust the instruments instead of your body sensations that may not be accurate. The better the technology, the harder it is to do!

Because pilots who can play tricks rely on their own feelings!
This is why even if Pang Lide made a wrong choice back then, many people still supported him!
Having passed the third checkpoint, the plane has now entered the control area of ​​the Okinawa Air Traffic Control Station. Bei Haiyang has just contacted the Okinawa Air Traffic Control Station for guidance.

"Okinawa Air Traffic Control Center, this is Dragon Air Flight 256, altitude 3 feet, speed 4, heading 260, request guidance."

"Longhang 256, descending altitude 3 feet, speed 2, heading 260 remains unchanged."

"Descent altitude 3 feet, Longhang 2 understands."

Bei Haiyang pushed the joystick lightly, let the plane fly to the scheduled route, and said with emotion: "Even at night, this route is very busy!"

Captain Hirata has long been used to it, "Flights from Chaoxian Peninsula, Huaguo, Central Asia, and Europe all fly this route, and there is never a free time!"

Flights flying above the stratosphere have a mandatory [-]-foot altitude ladder, which means that air traffic controllers will stratify flights that are closer together to keep the flight safe.

What he didn't know was that before and after flight 256, there were four 959 large passenger planes crowded on this route, and the distance between each other was very close; of course, this so-called closeness is relatively safe, they are uneven The uneven distribution is at different heights, and theoretically there is no chance of collision.

All Island Air flight 1306 from London is at the top, followed by United Airlines flight 961, China Eastern Airlines flight 256, and Dahan Air cargo flight 7125.

The four planes were relatively crowded together and kept a considerable distance from other planes on the same route, which is also normal in air traffic control.

Air traffic control does not need to line up the planes in the sky at equal distances. It is neither possible nor necessary; because of the height difference, they are crowded together on the radar, but in fact there is no possibility of encountering each other at all.

Flight 1306 flew at 3 feet, Flight 3 at 961 feet, Flight 3 at 256 feet, Flight 3 at 4 feet... The flight control of the island country makes each The altitude difference between two similar flights is at least 7125 feet, which is more than double the required drop of 3 feet. This is the meticulousness of the islanders. They always make small things perfect and perfect.

"It's crowded enough tonight, I can even see the navigation lights of the plane in front of me! Mr. Haiyang, I have to go to the bathroom, and I'll be back soon, please come here."

Captain Hirata stood up, this is the indelible traces left by time to human beings; but for a few hours, people like Kai Haiyang and Ito Daimitsu usually don’t go to the bathroom during the flight, they just need to solve it before takeoff It's good to be clean, but it's hard for the elderly to do that.

The cockpit door was closed, and the two young pilots were not joking. They could chat with Hirata, but if it was just two newbies, they had to stay focused.

(End of this chapter)