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Chapter 398: Accidental Landing
Many scenes of Pirates of the Caribbean were filmed on the island, and some exterior scenes were also shot in the Caribbean.

However, many crew members suffered from seasickness, including the lead actress Keira Knightley.

For this reason, the Life Producer specially prepared antiemetics for everyone so that the crew members could feel better and be able to complete their work in a better state.

However, after Keira Knightley took the antiemetic, she felt like she had taken sleeping pills. She fell asleep quickly and slept very soundly.

When they got there, little Gilbert asked, "Is Kayla still asleep?"

"Yes, director, we have called her several times, but she didn't wake up." An assistant director replied.

Little Gilbert was speechless, shook his head and said, "Let her sleep first, we will shoot other scenes first."

Perhaps realizing that she would sleep very soundly after taking antiemetic drugs and delay the filming, Keira Knightley later sincerely apologized to Gilbert Jr.

Then she insisted on not taking anti-emetics. Although vomiting due to seasickness was a bit unsightly, it was better than missing work.

However, an unexpected incident occurred one day when the crew was filming a night scene on the island. After the filming was finished, the crew returned home.

The shoot was very tiring. Keira Knightley got on the boat with the help of her assistant, leaned back on the seat to rest, and fell asleep soon after.

After the boat set off, it sailed smoothly on the sea, but the reefs that could be seen during the day were no longer visible at night.

In addition, the crew member who was driving the small boat did not look at the nautical chart carefully and did not understand the reef area, so he drove the small boat directly into a reef.

"Oh no, the boat hit a reef."

"Ouch, my leg, my leg is broken."

"The left side is leaking and it can't be plugged. The boat is going to sink."

"Call for help quickly, we can't hold on for much longer."

Keira Knightley was awakened by the loud crash and quickly asked her assistant: "What happened?"

The assistant looked pale and said in panic: "Our ship hit a reef and is going to sink."

"Ah?" Keira Knightley was shocked and began to panic: "What should I do? What should I do now?"

The crew on the boat was trying to find a solution, but the hole was too big to be blocked, so they could only slow down the sinking. A nearby boat saw that something was wrong and rushed to rescue.

However, due to the whirlpool caused by the sinking ship and the nearby reefs, they were unable to get close for a while.

Keira Knightley was desperate. Was she going to be buried in the sea before she became famous? She suddenly wanted to cry.

The assistant and Keira Knightley hugged each other, and they watched in despair as the ship sank little by little. Then they moved from the cabin to the deck with the staff, and then stood on the top of the ship from the deck.

Seeing that the situation was critical, one ship could no longer wait and ventured across the reef area and approached the sinking boat.

The crew on the ship, including Keira Knightley, cheered and it seemed that they were about to be saved.

However, this brave ship also encountered trouble and ran aground about 80 meters away from the small boat. Fortunately, the hull was not seriously damaged and would not sink.

Seeing what happened to this brave ship, the other ships dared not act rashly for fear of running aground.

But rescue was inevitable. After hearing the news, the ship that little Gilbert was on in the distance hurried to the scene.

Charles Rowan urgently contacted the shore and asked them to send three rescue helicopters to provide support. At the same time, he contacted the safety director to quickly study the rescue plan.

Fortunately, the ship was not flooding very fast, and the flooding had only reached the cabin. In addition, the seabed in the nearby sea was a gentle slope, so the people on the ship could hold out for about an hour. The sea area immediately became lively, and the nearby Mexican Maritime Administration ship heard about the incident and quickly sent a rescue ship over.

The safety supervisor and the local maritime guide confirmed the location of the reef based on the nautical chart and planned a route so that they could send a ship along this route to carry out the rescue.

"Director, the rescue helicopter has arrived," the assistant director reported.

Hearing the sound of propellers in the air, Gilbert Jr. quickly ordered: "Save Keira Knightley first. Load as many as the helicopter can carry. The wounded should be put on the helicopter first."

"Yes..." The assistant director quickly communicated with the rescue helicopter.

Three helicopters arrived at the scene and lowered ropes and baskets. The crew on the ship had received the news and the rescue plan was being implemented, so they were not panicking.

"Ms. Knightley, please get on the helicopter first!" said a staff member in a management position, "This is the director's order."

"What about you?" Keira Knightley felt a little embarrassed. After all, she left first, so what should she do with these people?
"It's okay. The rescue plan has been drawn up and will be implemented soon. We will be fine." said a staff member in charge of contact.

In that case, Keira Knightley has nothing to be polite about.

At such a critical moment, she shouldn't be polite. Besides, as a weak woman, she couldn't provide any help if she stayed here, so she had to get on the helicopter first.

After Keira Knightley got on board, the leading staff member said, "Let the rest of the injured get on the helicopter first. We'll wait here."

Several wounded were quickly sent onto helicopters. Three helicopters flew towards the shore and would fly back soon.

But the boat would sink after just one trip, and everyone would be in the water.

Charles Rowan communicated with the security director: "How is it going? Have you found a route?"

"We have communicated with the Mexican Maritime Authority, and this route and this route are both accessible," the security chief pointed out on the nautical chart.

The guide nearby suggested: "For those who can swim, we suggest that they swim to a nearby ship that has run aground on the reef. This is safer."

"Okay," Charles Rowan agreed, "Let's arrange it now!"

The rescue plan was drawn up and everyone took action separately. Two ships were assigned the task. The supervisor on the ship called the crew together and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to rescue and get everyone out."

But before that, all ladies are requested to move to other boats to avoid any accidents.

Based on the principle of voluntariness, I need some brave people. The director said that those who voluntarily sign up will receive bonuses.”

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

Soon someone signed up to participate in the rescue. The two ships were ready and set off according to the planned route, carefully approaching the wrecked ship.

On the other side, several crew members on the wrecked ship who were good at swimming jumped into the sea and swam towards the ship that had run aground on the rocks while rushing to rescue them not far away.

The ship was lucky not to be silent, and the location was relatively safe, and the crew on board had already been transferred to other ships.

It was almost two o'clock in the middle of the night. Finally, at the last moment, before the wrecked ship sank, the crew on board were rescued by two ships that ventured over.

It was a terrifying night. Except for a few staff members who were injured, the rest were fine, although they were quite frightened.

In view of the accident, Gilbert Jr. gave the crew two days off to let them take a break, while Charles Roven and the safety director launched an investigation into the accident, but ultimately determined it was an accident.

(End of this chapter)