Airport Meow

Chapter 99
Due to the loss of power, flight 256 entered a long and slow fall, but its fall track did not slide straight to the coastline of the island country, but drew a huge circle counterclockwise at the crash site!

The wind over the island sea is very strong, and the impact on the aircraft is also obvious. If the pilot is skilled in driving, he can get the power he needs by taking advantage of the wind!

Circling is not haphazard!

Whenever the plane goes against the wind, the nose of the plane will be raised under the control of the pilot. Although it is still falling during this process, the falling momentum is very slow!

When the plane is downwind, the nose of the plane is pushed down so that precious speed can be gained!

With such lifting and pressing, although the plane is still in the process of falling overall, it is much slower than the speed of falling in a straight line!

Obviously, this is man-made intentional control, with some kind of purpose!
The four flights are distributed at an altitude of 3 feet to 1 feet, that is, at an altitude of 3 meters; if they slide down normally, they can last for about half an hour, because the speed drops, they can slide out About 4 hundred kilometers away.

This is the confidence behind the forced landing of flights 1306 and 961. Of course, there are too many changes along the way, wind direction, heavy rain, and whether the aircraft can be controlled freely are all important reasons for determining the taxiing distance!

The wind direction is not completely on their side, at most it is a crosswind, which has little effect on the length of the gliding distance.

... In the cockpit of Flight 256, the atmosphere was oppressive but calm. The two young men were repeating the engine shutdown and startup procedure over and over again!

This is a procedure that every pilot must be proficient in before boarding the plane. It has been practiced countless times in the ground simulator, because the flameout in the air is one of the most dangerous accidents that the plane may encounter, and it is the top priority.

But the flight simulator on the ground is completely different from the real situation in the air. Those exercises are very good, but the real situation is not so smooth.

When Bei Haiyang was training on the ground simulator, the autopilot would automatically shut down when all four engines were turned off. However, when he was in the air over the island, he found that the autopilot continued to work, which was different from what he had learned during the training.

"Perform the engine restart procedure!" Bei Haiyang didn't know how many times he repeated it, 10 times or 20 times?
"Turn on!"

Nothing happens!

"Do it again, start over!"

"Battery starter..."

"Opened!"

"Crosswheel valve..."

"Opened!"

"Ignition Switch……"

"Pressed!"

The standard procedure of restarting the engine ignition takes 3 minutes. They tried to simplify it as much as possible, and it takes nearly 2 minutes to try to start it once; more than 20 minutes have passed since the four engines were shut down, how many chances do they have? 10 times? 15 times?
Time will run out soon!

After another failure, Daimitsu Ito could no longer suppress the doubts in his heart. He knew that he should trust the captain, but on flight 256, neither of them was actually the captain!His flight time is actually similar to that of Bei Haiyang, only half a year later when he got on the 959 model, that's the difference.

"Captain, why don't we consider the issue of forced landing? No matter where it is!"

Bei Haiyang is very calm, he needs the cooperation of this guy, "So, you have already done the calculation just now, can we fly to Xinxie?"

Ito shook his head. He had counted many times, and it was impossible for him with solid theoretical knowledge to make a mistake!

"No! Even if we are lucky enough to fly to the coastline, we can't cross those mountains!"

In fact, the mountain of the island country is not high, but it is an insurmountable mountain for them who have lost their motivation.

"Okay, tell me again, how many successful forced landings on water are there in the history of aviation?"

Ito was a little discouraged, "It seems that the Hudson River is the only case..."

Bei Haiyang snorted, "I knew you were going to talk about the Hudson River! But it's an inland river, wide and calm like a mirror!
This is the island sea, the wind force is above level 5 or 6 all year round, and the wave height is at least 4, 5 meters or even higher. What do you think will happen if we rush into the waves several meters high at a speed of nearly 2 miles?

In the history of aviation, more than 70% of the forced landings in the sea failed completely!The rest also suffered heavy casualties, and it would be an eye opener to survive one of them!
So why try this doomed forced landing? "

Ito refused to accept, "But we can't stay in the sky forever after all! Even if we can survive, we have to work hard for it!"

Bei Haiyang smiled, "Since it's all hard work and a gamble, why not gamble even more and save all the passengers on the plane?"

Pointing to the dial, "Look at our current hover, if we continue to operate like this, we can extend the touchdown time by 10 to 15 minutes compared to the normal time!

Normal taxiing, we will fall into the sea in 10 minutes, but we are going up and down in a circle, so we can last at least 20 to 25 minutes! "

With a wink in his eyes, "In the extra ten minutes, we can try 6 or 7 more ignition procedures, if we move faster and don't whine!"

Ito understands!The captain is also betting, but the bet is that the four engines are not really damaged!In the airspace where the accident happened, they still don't understand what happened to them?But when the engine finally stalled, it was really just pulling fire, that is incomplete combustion, indicating that there is a blockage in the engine or something, but it is not completely damaged!
Is it comparable to rescuing a few people and rescuing a whole bunch of people in the same desperate effort?

Of course, this is a kind of trade-off. They are not sure if they do this, and they are hitting their luck!If they were in the position of flight 1306, they would also choose to make an emergency landing!
It's all God forced!

The news from the chief purser in the cabin was also disappointing. Mr. Hirata probably wanted to make this part of the voyage sleepy to the end.

The only good news is that the smoke has dissipated, which further shows that there is no fire inside the machine, and the annoying smoke is poured in from the outside!

Not knowing the specific cause of the accident is also an important factor affecting their most reasonable judgment. All four flights made what they thought was the right choice. Until they landed, no one knew who was right and who was wrong!
Tokyo Air Traffic Control, "Dragon Airlines 256, please send identification signal A7700!"

This sentence means that when the aircraft descends to a certain altitude, the air traffic control radar will not be able to see them because of the ultra-low altitude. At this time, they need to send out identification signals to help the air traffic control center determine their position.

To put it bluntly, if it crashes, at least there is a relatively accurate direction for rescue?
Ito gritted his teeth, "Okay, restart the ignition procedure...battery starter...reversing valve..."

(End of this chapter)