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

Chapter 396: Airbus A350 is the real 'fuel tiger'

The take-off time of the evacuation flight is tentatively scheduled for midnight.

In other words.

Lu Qingzhou and Liang Dong had been on a plane for the entire day, without even a few hours to rest, and they had to get into the action right away.

But it’s different from the usual flight missions.

This time, we are flying to East Africa to carry out the evacuation mission, and no passengers are required on the outbound journey.

Instead, they waited until they arrived in Eritrea, loaded up with returning overseas Chinese and then headed back.

So when you go.

Not only did the crew have nothing to do, but Lu Qingzhou and Liang Dong could also take the time to rest.

Anyway, sleeping on the plane is a common occurrence for pilots.

By then the plane had taken off.

Lie down in business class.

He slept soundly.

wake up.

Isn’t that the destination?
This quick and simple meeting ended quickly.

Zhou Yang personally sent the group to the airport, then introduced them to a diplomatic staff member who had been waiting at the airport, and then turned and left.

After Zhou Yang left.

The staff member named Liu Xiyuan then looked at Lu Qingzhou and Liu Changjian and said, "It is my honor to be able to carry out the evacuation mission with you this time. You have participated in this mission without hesitation despite the dangers and hardships. On behalf of the government departments and tens of thousands of returned overseas Chinese, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you all."

Ah!
It’s worthy of being a government department.

What you say sounds nice.

Liu Changjian quickly waved his hand and said politely, "It's all for the safety of our compatriots. We are just doing what we should do."

"Time waits for no one, so let's go."

Liu Xiyuan also nodded quickly and said, "Okay."

at this time.

An Airbus A350 passenger plane had already parked on the airport apron.

The group passed through a special channel and took a shuttle bus to reach the Airbus A350 aircraft.

Boarding.

start up!

Liu Changjian then gathered everyone to the cabin.

I saw him take a deep breath.

He said to everyone, "Everyone, we are old acquaintances who have lived and died together, so I won't say any more nonsense. This evacuation mission is extraordinary, so I hope you can strictly obey the command of Captain Qingzhou and me and cooperate with the diplomatic department to complete this evacuation mission. When the flight arrives in Eritrea, no one can leave the plane without the permission of Captain Qingzhou and me. Do you understand?"

Seeing everyone nod seriously, he turned to look at Liu Xiyuan, "Leader, do you have anything else to say?"

Liu Xiyuan quickly waved his hand and said, "I am not a leader. On the contrary, I still have to obey the command of you and Captain Qingzhou."

"But you are right, because the situation in Eritrea is not optimistic. A brutal civil war has broken out in the country. So when the plane arrives in Eritrea, except for me, you can't get off the plane easily."

"Even so, I can't guarantee that all of us will be safe."

"But please trust the government and the embassy. They will do their utmost to protect all of us."

"There are still many compatriots in Eritrea waiting for us to take them home. Here, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you on behalf of those compatriots stranded in Nuevo Leone."

"But just like Captain Chang Jian said, going abroad is completely different from being in China, so all actions must be under command, and no one is allowed to leave the plane without orders. This trip will take about 40 hours, and after 40 hours, I will treat everyone to hot pot."

The two people finished talking.

They all turned their eyes to Lu Qingzhou.

The intention is simple.

That is to let Lu Qingzhou say a few words as well.

Lu Qingzhou held a thick stack of information in his hand.

He patted the information in his hand and said, "This is the planned mileage, planned time, planned altitude, and flight route for our mission this time." "The situation is urgent and time is tight, so I don't need to elaborate on other things."

"Approve the route before flight, and the maintenance crew and cabin crew begin preparations for inspection. Our flight this time is over 10,000 kilometers, so we must not slack off. One emergency sound is emergency, two is danger, and three is extreme danger!"

He looked up at the crowd, and saw faces that showed no fear at all. "Begin preparations for takeoff. We will depart in 30 minutes, on time."

Lu Qingzhou's words seemed to be the start button.

He just finished speaking.

Everyone immediately scattered.

Everyone started to get busy.

Sichuan Airlines spent a lot of money to carry out the evacuation mission to Eritrea in East Africa.

Not only did they dispatch a "heroic crew", but they also contributed a relatively new Airbus A350-900 aircraft to participate in the evacuation mission.

Inside the cabin.

After this small meeting, the four crew members started to get busy, carrying out strict and detailed pre-takeoff inspections.

The first step is of course to walk around the machine for inspection.

Two turbofan engines are involved.

Each turbofan engine can generate a thrust of 311.4 kN, equivalent to the power of 3500 family cars.

The blades of the titanium alloy hollow fan can inhale more than one ton of air per second.

22 tires, load-bearing capacity up to 120 tons, maximum take-off weight 268 tons.

It can carry up to 320 passengers and their luggage.

So this Airbus A350-900 is simply a giant in the sky.

Lu Qingzhou walked around the machine three times, even using a flashlight to look at every rivet clearly.

He checked the landing gear, engine, windshield, etc. over and over again, then took the inspection form given by the ground staff and signed for confirmation.

Because of the precedent of 8633.

Therefore, Lu Qingzhou was particularly careful every time he checked the windshield.

And this time the round trip flight was more than 20,000 kilometers.

He couldn't help but be careless.

However, Lu Qingzhou's carefulness made Liang Dong laugh. "It's been so long, you still have psychological trauma, right?"

Lu Qingzhou answered seriously, "Every failure makes you wiser. It's always right to be more serious."

Liang Dong seemed to be recalling the tragic air accident that happened a few months ago.

So he restrained the smile on his face.

I nodded with lingering fear, "Yeah, damn it's been so long, but I still have nightmares sometimes at night."

"It's good to know you're afraid." Lu Qingzhou said with a smile, "Knowing you're afraid is like having fear. If you have fear, you'll be more cautious."

The two chatted for a while.

At this time, a ground crew member came over and said, "Captain Qingzhou, the plane can be refueled."

Lu Qingzhou nodded, "Okay."

Aircraft that can fly intercontinental routes are generally heavy aircraft.

It is not very convenient to move such a huge machine within the airport, so to refuel heavy aircraft, we use the oil pipeline laid under the apron and just drive the pump truck over.

The refueling time difference is about 20 minutes.

If it is filled up, it will be more than 100 tons.

The current price of a ton of aviation kerosene is around six or seven thousand yuan.

It costs nearly one million RMB to fill up the fuel tank of an Airbus A350.

So this thing is the real gas guzzler!!!

(End of this chapter)