Airport Meow

Chapter 98
With the start of flight 1306, 1 minute later, Mi United Airlines 961 also got out of the communication shield!
"Tokyo Air Control, this is Mi United Airlines 961. It has lost all power and is at an altitude of 230. We request an emergency landing at Xinxie!"

Captain Jax chose the nearest Xinxie Airport for an emergency landing, and he also has his reasons; he certainly does not know the specific conditions of the island country’s various airports as well as the local pilots of the island country, and the cruising altitude of flight 1306 was at 330 at the beginning, while 961’s The cruising altitude was 310, two thousand feet lower.

In other words, when everyone lost power, the taxiing distance of flight 961 must be shorter than that of flight 1306!Now 1306 has fallen to 250, and 961 is even lower, and has reached the height of 230, so his choice is very practical.

Every pilot has his own judgment. This is a choice based on a combination of many reasons. There is no right or wrong. The key is to suit your own environment and the pilot's operating style.

Both 1306 and 961 have landed, at least there is a direction to work hard, followed by 256 of China Eastern Airlines and 7125 of Dahan Airlines!

The situation is more difficult for these two flights, because they are the farthest apart! 1306 and 961 can still go to land, but they are hard to say!

Especially on the last flight 7125, the voice of the captain Jiang Donghao sounded a little desperate.

"Tokyo Air Control, this is Dahan Flight 7125. We have lost all power, and the altitude is not high enough. It is estimated that we will not be able to slide to any airport; we will make an emergency landing at sea, please send rescue in time!"

For 7125, it is very simple to make such a judgment. You can know the answer by calculating the aircraft's descent rate and the distance from the nearest airport.
Unless they restart the engine successfully!

The engine died and restarted, which is what all four flights were doing!And do it over and over again!But the hope of restarting began to turn into despair amid repeated disappointments!
1306, which has been restarted the most times, has been restarted nearly ten times, and 7125, which has been restarted the least, has also been restarted 4 or 5 times, but none of the 16 engines of the four flights have restarted successfully in this short period of more than ten minutes!

For pilots, they will continue to try, as long as the plane does not crash, they will keep trying!

But the operation that should have is one thing, and the psychological change is another!Pilots no longer regard restarting the engine as the only option, and they are already considering where to make an emergency landing.

It can be said that the choices of 1306, 961, and 7125 are all normal. They are the best judgments made by the captains according to their own conditions; After more than 3 hours, being able to keep taxiing normally after the aircraft loses all power is their strength!

But there's another flight, isn't it too quiet?
Masata Nomura kept calling, "Longhang 256, where are you planning to make an emergency landing?"

Bei Haiyang's voice said, "We are not making an emergency landing, we are circling..."

Masata Nomura was one head and two older, he couldn't understand, "Longhang 256, do you also mean to make a forced landing at sea?"

Bei Haiyang's voice said, "Crossing first, then forced landing, sorry to wait, we are very busy..."

There was silence in the air traffic control center, and Nomura Shota began to explain, "Dragon Airlines 256 had one more accident than other flights! Their captain Takeo Hirata was unconscious because of an accidental fall! So, is it..."

Masao Kawahara was surprised, "Hirata-kun? That's my old friend, I know him well! If he is here, then who knows about the crew of Flight 256?"

An officer introduced, "Mr. Hirata is our dispatcher for flight exchanges with Longhang; his co-pilot is a young Huaguo pilot, who should have been exposed to the 959 model and this route has only been half a year, and the flight time should not be more than a thousand?

There was another pilot on board, Daimitsu Ito of Jeonshima Air, who had only been flying with Flight 256 for a few days and spent dozens of hours flying.

If Hirata-kun really fell into a coma due to an accident, flight 256 is really dangerous this time. The two pilots who are now operating the plane are too young. calm? "

Masao Kawara sighed, "Experience is accumulated over time! The other three flights have already made their decisions. No matter what the result is, they must try, but 256 is circling now? Can anyone tell me what circling means? ? Did you give up your responsibility?"

No one knew what the young captain meant by circling, it was more like a random situation in a sudden situation, at a loss!

Someone asked, "Mr. Kawara, can you give him guidance through air traffic control communication? You know, among the nearly 256 people on flight 5, a small half are citizens of our island country."

Masao Kawara thought for a while and hesitated. In the aviation industry, the captain is the supreme ruler of an aircraft. When the captain is absent, the co-pilot takes over.

Because no one is in the captain's perception of the current state of the aircraft, outsiders do not know the real situation of the aircraft, whether the instruments are normal, whether the control is flexible, whether the flight is difficult, etc., all of which can only be experienced by the crew. Things cannot be replaced remotely, no matter how old or experienced the commander is.

"We can only give him advice, but we can't make decisions for him! I don't think there is any problem with the basic operation. If there is a problem, it must be psychological. They lose confidence because of fear and are at a loss. "

He took the intercom, "Dragon Airlines 256, this is the Tokyo Air Traffic Control Center, and I am Masao Kawahara, chief pilot of All Island Air, here is a situation that I want you to know.

At the same time as your flight 256 had an accident, in front of and behind you, there were also flights with the same abnormality!
They also lost power and were also coasting!

But taxiing is not the purpose, the plane always lands!There are flights in front of you that decide to make an emergency landing at Xinxie, and behind you, there are also flights that choose to make an emergency landing at sea!
You have to choose too!I don't know your specific situation, but if you give full play to your professional skills and keep in mind the sacred mission of the captain to the passengers, you will know exactly what to do on Flight 256! "

A voice came from the intercom, "Longhang 256 understands! We will try our best to circle, please mark our position, once we make an emergency landing at sea, we need rescue..."

At the air traffic control center, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. Has this Huaguo pilot been scared out of his wits?
Either bet on forced landing in Xinxie, which seems to be very difficult now; or bet on forced landing at sea!
Even if you decide to make an emergency landing at sea, you should try to get as close to the coastline of the island country as possible, because the wind and waves here will be smaller, and it is more conducive to nearby rescue!

You are hovering in the ocean, what is this called?

(End of this chapter)