Joining Sichuan Airlines starts with rescuing the captain of a powerful country

Chapter 314: Volcano erupts, should we go to rescue?

"Mr. Wu."

Yangcheng District adjustment.

A middle-aged man hurried over.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a letter of assistance to the General Administration and the Group Headquarters, requesting us to help evacuate domestic tourists and corporate employees stranded in Nusa Tenggara.”

Just this afternoon at 18:23.

The Nusa Tenggara volcano in the small Southeast Asian country of East Timor suddenly erupted in an unprecedented manner.

The intensity of the eruption of Nusa Tenggara volcano was between VEI-2 and VEI-3.

There are also levels of volcanic eruptions.

The grades range from VEI-1 to VEI-8.

With each additional unit, the energy released increases by an order of magnitude.

In other words.

The lower the level, the smaller the eruption.

比如说VEI-1级，其喷出物体积大约在0.00001至0.001平方千米，喷发柱的高度大概在0.1至1千米之间。

However, the energy released by even the smallest volcanic eruption is equivalent to a magnitude 6.6 earthquake.

This is enough to illustrate the power of volcanic eruptions.

Currently.

Since the beginning of human history.

The largest recorded volcanic eruption was Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1815.

The volcanic eruption reached an astonishing VEI-7.

And it lasts for several months, from April 4th to mid-July.

During this period, Mount Tambora spewed an estimated 170 million tons of ash and debris into the air.

After the volcano released all its energy, it can be seen that Mount Tambora has been "blown off its top", and its height has dropped from 4100 meters to 2850 meters.

Moreover, the volcano directly caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people and countless people are missing.

As for the indirect death toll?

It is countless.

This can be seen.

How terrifying is the power of a volcanic eruption.

The intensity of the eruption of Nusa Tenggara volcano this time was between VEI-2 and VEI-3.

But this does not mean that the eruption will not cause much impact and loss.

Because Nusa Tenggara Island itself is a small volcanic island isolated in the sea, and its land area is not large.

So it was just a relatively low-intensity volcanic eruption.

It is enough to destroy the island.

There would be no problem if an uninhabited island was destroyed.

Everyone can only marvel at the wonders of nature.

The issue is.

There are still more than a thousand people stranded on the island.

And because of the impact of secondary disasters such as volcanic ash and magma, earthquakes, and tsunamis.

Now there is no way for rescue forces to reach the island in time.

In other words.

More than a thousand people on the island could only wait to die.

That’s more than a thousand lives!!!

It is now 19:38 capital time.

It has been more than an hour since the volcano erupted.

Mr. Wu had already learned about the eruption of the Nusa Tenggara volcano from the meteorological department.

Because today, a domestically-made large aircraft carried out its first airworthiness flight.

As the chief designer of c919.

He had already brought his team south to Yangcheng and temporarily set up a dispatch center in the Yangcheng District Dispatching Control Hall.

The sole function of the dispatch center.

It is to provide services for the C919 that is carrying out cross-border airworthiness flights.

Therefore, the dispatch center must be aware of any disturbance on the C919 route and inform the C919 crew in a timely manner.

The good news is.

The C919 test flight has completed more than half of its cross-border airworthiness flight mission.

Now we are on the way back to Guangzhou.

The bad news is.

This C919 is the passenger plane closest to the Nusa Tenggara volcano.

For a while.

Mr. Wu was caught in a dilemma.

On one hand, there is the scientific research result that he has spent decades of hard work on and is about to complete.

It can be said that the C919 project is our own flesh and blood that we nurtured and grew up with our own hands.

Now this 'own flesh and blood' is not yet an adult.

How could I let it be in danger?
and.

This cross-border airworthiness flight is very important for subsequent test flights, especially the various instruments on the aircraft that record data of the large aircraft during sea and long-distance flights.

This data is extremely valuable.

It may even be related to the "future and destiny" of C919.

If you rashly force your way into the volcanic island.

All the previous efforts were wasted.

not to mention.

There are more than ten people on the plane now.

Mr. Wu is not the kind of saintly white lotus who "kills one person and saves a hundred people."

The principle he has always adhered to is that everyone has the right to their own life.

You can dedicate yourself and sacrifice yourself.

But it must be voluntary on the part of the parties involved.

But on the other hand.

There are still more than a thousand people stranded on the island.

Among them, about two hundred were his compatriots.

If I had to watch two hundred of my compatriots die in vain with no hope of seeking help.

Mr. Wu really couldn't bear it.

So for a while.

He actually fell silent.

Because he really didn't know what to do.

"Mr. Wu." Seeing that he didn't say anything, the middle-aged man couldn't help but urge, "What should we do? Can you please say something?"

Mr. Wu raised his head slowly.

But he didn't look at the middle-aged man.

Instead, he held the intercom tightly and called out in a hoarse voice, "B-919A, Yangcheng calling, can you hear me?"

Mr. Wu decided.

The decision on whether to participate in the rescue is given to c919.

To everyone on this big plane.

Because only they are qualified to decide whether they need to take the risk.

No one else is qualified.

Over the Sulu Sea.

After Lu Qingzhou hung up the call with Mr. Wu.

He looked at Liang Dong, Xu Yichen and Chen Bingbing helplessly.

"I think you all heard what Elder Wu said." Lu Qingzhou said, "What should we do now? I want to hear your opinions."

volcano?

earthquake?

Tsunami?

Chen Bingbing's little face had turned pale.

Especially when she thought of the surging, crushing magma and the overwhelming tsunami, she couldn't help but shiver.

Liang Dong and Xu Yichen looked at each other.

They couldn't imagine it.

It's just a test flight mission.

How come it's involved in a rescue mission again?

And we still have to go to such a dangerous place for rescue.

For a while.

There was a hint of timidity on both of their faces.

But he wanted to refuse, but then he thought about the many people stranded on the island. If he and others didn't go to rescue them, they might just have to wait to die.

So the two people were about to say "against the rescue".

But I just couldn't say it.

There was silence for several seconds.

Liang Dong could only murmur, "You and Captain Chang Jian are the leaders, so, this matter, either you and Captain Chang Jian decide, we will absolutely obey."

Since I can't make a decision myself.

Then let someone with greater ability make the decision!
Lu Qingzhou was silent for a moment.

Then he said, "This is a matter that concerns the lives of everyone on the plane. Captain Chang Jian and I cannot be dictatorial. How about this, Brother Liang, you stay in the cockpit, and Xu Yichen and Bingbing will go to the cabin with me."

"us."

"Let's vote!"

(End of this chapter)