Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 15 We choose to return
"Can't you land? Why can't you land? You are the captain, and you feel that you can't do it without trying to land with a single engine, right?" Xu Cang looked at the side of the captain's face seriously, feeling bad all of a sudden. , this doesn't seem to be a joke, but really lacks confidence.

The captain's face was not very hang on: "I'll think about it, I'll think about it."

As he spoke, he looked at the co-pilot and said in a low voice, "The "Engine Failure or Shutdown" checklist."

No matter what, go through the abnormal checklist first, and then make a decision on other things.

Hearing the conversation between the captain and Xu Cang, the co-pilot felt a little flustered, but obediently started the checklist.

"Engine shutdown only when flight conditions permit." The co-pilot read, looking at the QRH: "Autothrottle, if engaged, disengaged."

The captain was also looking at the QRH at the same time. When the first officer read the autothrottle item, he pinched the autothrottle off button on the top of the thrust lever with both hands, and the A/T switch on the MCP board was also disconnected.

"Auto throttle disengaged, checklist continues."

"Thrust handle, affected side, light up."

At this time, the actual speed of the No. [-] engine is gone, but the throttle lever is still in the same position as that of the No. [-] engine.If you want to shut down the engine, you need to retract the throttle lever of the second engine first.

"You protect one shot." The captain let go of the throttle lever of the No. [-] engine, and only held the throttle lever of the No. [-] engine.The co-pilot understood the procedure and temporarily stopped reading the checklist. Instead, he grabbed the throttle lever of the No. [-] engine and held it still.

This is to prevent the wrong throttle, which was encountered when a foreign airline encountered a single engine not long ago.What's more, that unit not only turned on the wrong throttle, but also turned on the wrong starter handle.

In a high-pressure environment, one cannot maintain too high expectations for the sobriety of the human brain, even professionals.

"No. [-] engine thrust handle, verify that it is lighted."

While speaking, the captain slowly closed the throttle lever of the No. [-] engine.Because the throttle stick has lost its function, there is no change in the attitude of the aircraft during the closing process.

As soon as the throttle lever of the No. [-] engine was lighted up, the co-pilot withdrew his left hand and returned the control of the throttle lever of the No. [-] engine to the captain.

"Run engine at idle thrust for 3 minutes if conditions permit."

The captain glanced at the timer, there was 1 minute left, and he had to wait a little longer: "Wait, can you ask what the wind is now?"

"Sure enough!" Xu Cang's heart skipped a beat, as he expected, the extreme crosswind and strong gust of wind frightened the captain.If the two engines are normal, this may not be easy to deal with, not to mention that under the condition of a single engine, the stability and maneuverability of the aircraft are declining.

The first officer took advantage of the waiting time to confirm with the tower, and soon the tower gave a bad news.

"Feiyu 6321, the current ground wind is 16013, with a gust of 14 meters." The tower control was asked and realized that the wind in this field is really not easy to handle: "Feiyu 6321, what is your decision, return or alternate landing?"

The captain raised his hand to stop the co-pilot from speaking, and replied by himself: "Let's think about it again, please help me understand the situation at Erhai Airport."

Erhai Airport is the closest airport to Jianchuan Airport, theoretically it is the most suitable alternate landing site, but the captain's face is still frowning.

"Okay, I'll go find out."

"Erhai Airport is the alternate landing site for takeoff?" Xu Cang asked incredulously: "It's the windy season now, so we can't even land here, and Erhai Airport is even more so. Qingshan, it's really impossible to go to Qingshan Airport what."

"Gyeongsan Airport is open?" The captain turned his head and looked at Xu Cang suspiciously: "Why haven't I heard that Qingsan Airport is open?"

Xu Cang was startled, and then realized that he was in the year 2000.Gyeongsan Airport, another hub airport in the Southwest, has not yet opened and will start operating in about two years.I was so dizzy that I started talking nonsense.

"It's nothing, I remembered wrongly." Xu Cang casually brushed it off.

The density of airports in 2000 was more than half that of 20 years later, and most of them still had short and narrow runways, which resulted in very few options for alternate landing sites.

However, domestic civil aviation will soon usher in a golden age.

Suddenly, a flash of light flashed in Xu Cang's mind, as if he had grasped some clues of the future path.However, news soon came from the control tower.

Erhai Airport is in operation today, but the gust of wind is ten meters.According to the forecast of the meteorological department, the wind speed will continue to increase in the short term in the future.

At this time, the two people sitting in front had just turned off the starter handle of the No. [-] engine.When the captain heard the tower's words, his face was so gloomy that he almost dripped water.

He also knew that Erhai Airport was in the windy season in spring and summer, and the turbulence over there was famous all over the country.Regardless of the gust of ten meters over there, it is estimated that the strength can exceed the 15-meter gust at Jianchuan Airport.

The co-pilot shut off the right side components as required by the checklist, which would bring the flaps up components to high flow.After that, start the APU.

It will take a while for the APU to start up, the captain held his forehead and said, "Complete the post-takeoff checklist."

In this gap, a fierce ideological confrontation was going on in the captain's mind.Erhai Airport was the only theoretically suitable airport for them, but the deadly turbulence over there was even scarier than Jianchuan Airport, and he wouldn't dare to land there even if he had a hundred guts.

Not to mention him, even the old teachers of the company feel that Erhai Airport is very difficult.

But if you change to an alternate airport, there is only Qianxi Airport which is farther away.But that airport is too far away, and the fuel is very, very dangerous.Especially under single-engine conditions, the cruising altitude of the aircraft will be very low, and the fuel consumption cannot be reduced.If the fuel is not enough, then stop cooking properly.

This is the situation today, and there are so few options.

Seeing the tangled look of the captain, Xu Cang was also very tangled in his heart.In later generations, he also happened to have dealt with a single-engine turbulent landing.If it came to a stage where the captain couldn't land, maybe it was time for him to go.

Even Xu Cang, to be precise, Xu Cang, who has become the chief pilot of the bureau in later generations, dared not land at Erhai Airport in the windy season with a single engine.

The wind there is terrible!

The frowning captain cooperated with the co-pilot to complete the post-takeoff checklist, but the APU hadn't started up yet. Suddenly, the cockpit fell into an eerie silence.

Xu Cang finally couldn't bear it any longer, and was about to speak, but saw that the captain seemed to have made an important decision, his eyes were no longer confused, and he pressed the speaking button: "Tower, we choose to return!"

(End of this chapter)