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

Chapter 402: We were hit by a rocket just after entering Eritrean airspace?

More than ten minutes passed.

The plane has successfully arrived in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea.

While Lu Qingzhou was flying the plane in a circle and descending altitude, he turned his head to look at the city below.

The city has been shrouded in darkness.

But in various places in the city, flashes of sparks would appear from time to time.

If it were in China, Lu Qingzhou would definitely think that these were just large fireworks.

But this is Eritrea, a country mired in civil war.

So even a fool knows what these "large fireworks" are.

Now the city has slowly turned into ruins.

Ugh!
No one knows how many corpses are buried beneath the ruins.

"What's going on?! Didn't they say that the civil war has not yet spread to Asmara, the capital of Eritrea?" Liang Dong also saw the 'bright' fireworks below, and was immediately frightened and shocked.

Lu Qingzhou's face was solemn, and he asked, "Haven't you contacted the airport tower yet?!"

"No." Liang Dong said bitterly, "I called for a long time, but still no one answered."

"The war must have spread to the vicinity of the capital, which led to the closure of the airport." Liu Changjian withdrew his gaze from the porthole and spoke in a serious tone.

He just finished.

Xu Yichen, who was standing next to him, was already terrified. "Ah then, what should we do?"

"Go to the cabin immediately and ask Director Liu if there is a Plan B for the evacuation. If that doesn't work, we can only return to Saudi Arabia or change course and make an emergency landing in Djibouti." Lu Qingzhou looked helpless.

Oh shit.

What are these things?

The trek of more than 10,000 kilometers took six or seven hours.

I didn't expect to have arrived at the destination.

I couldn’t get down.

No matter who you are, you will feel like you have suffered a loss.

"Okay, I'll go ask right away." Xu Yichen agreed. He was about to unbuckle his seat belt and head to the cabin.

At this moment, Lu Qingzhou suddenly saw an "object" like a meteor suddenly appear in the dark city.

The object was very fast and it flew over a hundred meters high in the blink of an eye.

"Shit. Sit tight. It's a rocket. We're being targeted." Lu Qingzhou shouted, and immediately pulled the lever to raise his head, while pushing the throttle valve to the bottom, trying his best to pull up the nose of the plane.

Although this Airbus A350 heavy passenger aircraft is a behemoth weighing several hundred tons, it is very fast and flexible in the air with the support of two turbofan engines.

When Lu Qingzhou pushed the throttle lever to the bottom, the plane's engine immediately emitted a deafening roar, pushing the plane to a higher altitude.

But the rocket is faster.

As the plane turned and climbed, the rockets caught up with them.

Bang!
The rocket hit the tail of the plane like a sledgehammer, instantly creating a big hole in the tail.

The rocket flew forward several more meters.

boom!
It suddenly turned into a big fireball.

Beep beep~~~beep beep~~~~
next moment.

Various shrill alarms sounded in the cockpit of the plane.

For a while.

There was a lot of noise.

It seemed as if the plane was about to crash in the next second.

At the same time, this behemoth weighing more than 100 tons fell into violent turbulence in an instant.

Bang bang bang~ Bang bang bang!
Shrapnel from the exploding rockets hit the fuselage like hail.

If it weren't for the fact that the fuselage of this Airbus A350-900 passenger plane was still relatively strong, and the power of the rocket was far less than that of the shoulder-fired air defense missile.

It is estimated that the tail of the plane had been shot into a sieve by then.

So although this Airbus A350 is temporarily caught in severe turbulence, it can still hold up for a while. Cabin!

Bi Nan, Huang Jia and the others were all shocked.

Then he looked outside the plane with a look of panic.

They had already made preparations to welcome the overseas Chinese, but the sudden violent turbulence almost knocked several people off their backs.

"What's going on?!" Qiu Yue was so scared that her chest was pounding and her face turned pale.

Zhou Yawen, who was standing next to him, was also frightened. "Why do I hear thunder exploding in my ears?"

"Were we struck by lightning? Why are we so unlucky?" Yang Qi said with a sad face.

Huang Jia quickly covered his chest and said, "I just saw flames rising from outside the plane. We must have been struck by lightning."

Only Bi Nan looked solemn.

She looked up at Liu Xiyuan, who also had a grim expression on his face, and asked in a trembling voice, "Director Liu, do you know what's going on?!"

Liu Xiyuan is indeed someone who has seen big scenes.

Although his expression was still ugly.

But he is much calmer than Huang Jia and the others.

So he said in a deep voice, "It wasn't lightning. It should have been an anti-aircraft missile or rocket that exploded outside the plane."

Anti-aircraft missile?

rocket missile?
How is this possible! ?

Liu Xiyuan's words immediately frightened Huang Jia and the others so much that they broke out in cold sweats.

Although they have encountered more than one life-and-death test in the past few months.

But because I grew up in a peaceful and stable country.

So how do they know the cruelty of war?
Liu Xiyuan is a senior diplomat.

I travel back and forth between various countries all year round, so I am naturally not unfamiliar with war.

and!

A civil war had already broken out in Eritrea, and they rashly entered the country's airspace without contacting the country's air traffic control department.

So it is normal to be attacked by anti-aircraft missiles or rockets.

Liu Xiyuan said with lingering fear, "Fortunately, Captain Lu Qingzhou and his crew were alert and climbed to a higher altitude in advance to avoid the missiles, otherwise we would have been killed now."

Only then did Bi Nan and the others remember.

More than ten seconds before the explosion, the plane did climb rapidly.

However, Liu Xiyuan still overestimated Lu Qingzhou and the others.

If they were really locked by anti-aircraft missiles, even shoulder-fired ones, they would have been hit 'gloriously' long ago.

Not to mention that they were riding in a behemoth weighing more than 100 tons, which could not compare with fighter jets in terms of speed or flexibility.

Even if a fighter jet is locked by an anti-aircraft missile, it is very difficult to escape.

at this time.

The plane has climbed back to an altitude of over 10,000 meters.

Inside the cockpit.

Liang Dong, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, turned his head and shouted to Lu Qingzhou: "The tail wing of the plane is damaged and the balance system is malfunctioning. What should we do!?"

Behind.

Even the experienced Captain Liu Changjian had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.

Xu Yichen held onto his seatbelt while cursing, "Damn it, it's not enough to go through it once, you have to go through another life-and-death escape, right?! Xu Yichen, ah Xu Yichen, why are you trying so hard? Now you have to go through another life-and-death escape."

"Stop talking nonsense, contact the cabin immediately and ask them about the situation. Neither side in the firefight has anti-aircraft missiles, and rockets alone can't do anything to us for the time being." Seeing this, Liu Changjian turned his head and shouted at him.

Only then did Xu Yichen return to normal.

He quickly stood up, staggered, and headed towards the cabin.

(End of this chapter)