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

Chapter 404 The last life-saving straw

Now most of the city of Sirte has become a battlefield.

So it is extremely difficult to drive away from Sirte.

It’s not that the warring parties dared to massacre the Xia people.

Instead, the warring parties have already laid a large number of mines on the roads.

and.

The intelligence department has obtained reliable information that an unidentified armed group has now targeted hundreds of Xia people stranded in the city of Sirte.

The militants intended to hold the workers hostage and threaten the Eritrean government.

That's why the embassy staff organized this group of Xia country expatriates to retreat to the airport waiting hall.

Recently.
The embassy counselor Zong Dawei was exhausted and had two large blisters on his mouth.

His hair was messy and he was dark and thin, just like a black monkey.

It feels like a gust of wind could blow him down
"Leader, when will the plane to pick us up arrive?"

"Yeah, didn't they say they had sent a plane to pick us up?!"

"We are running out of food and water now. What should we do?"

A group of people surrounded him, talking in unison.

Zong Dawei patiently explained, "My fellow compatriots, I know you are anxious, and I am anxious too, but please believe us. The embassy will definitely find a way to take you all away."

After saying that, he quickly squeezed out of the crowd, came to a young staff member and asked, "Have you contacted the embassy?!"

"We've made contact." The young staff member looked helpless. "The capital Asmara has been in a fire, causing the Asmara airport to be closed. The Eritrean Ministry of Defense has even closed the country's airspace, so the capital can't send a plane to pick us up for the time being."

The young staff member glanced at Zong Dawei and continued, "We don't have much money left. If we can't continue to pay the airport staff, they may go on strike."

That's right.

The airport is still in operation only because the embassy pays high salaries to airport staff.

"Let's take it one day at a time and deal with it when the money is all spent." Zong Dawei said helplessly.

He was about to turn around when a dark-skinned Eritrean rushed over and said in unstandard English, "The airport just received a message through the public channel that an evacuation flight from your country was attacked by rockets from unknown militants, causing the tail of the plane to malfunction. Now the plane urgently needs to make an emergency landing. The airport controller has contacted the flight, but their plane is too big, and our airport runway is completely unsuitable for an emergency landing."

"Besides, the city of Sirte is still under fighting, and planes that suddenly appear may be attacked."

"To make an emergency landing requires taking a huge risk."

"But the other party still wants to force a landing, and heard that you were also stranded at the airport, so they asked to talk to you."

Zong Dawei and the young staff member looked at each other and ran towards the airport tower.

A few minutes later.

Zong Dawei and his assistant have arrived at the tower.

He held the intercom and said breathlessly, "I am Zong Dawei, the counselor of the Xia Embassy in Eritrea. Please tell me if you are on a flight from Xia to carry out the evacuation mission. What's the situation on your side?!" on the other end of the communication channel.

When Lu Qingzhou and the others heard pure Mandarin, they were immediately surprised.

Later, when he heard that the other party was actually a staff member of the Xia Embassy in Eritrea, he was even more delighted.

Just now, Lu Qingzhou asked Liu Changjian to open the public channel to make a call, just to give it a try with the mentality of giving it a try.

To put it bluntly, it's all about luck.

Gamble your life with the evil God!

If they are lucky enough, the airport will respond to them, and their chances of a successful emergency landing will be greatly increased.

If they are unlucky and the airport does not respond, they will either have to take a huge risk and cross the entire Eritrea and make an emergency landing in Djibouti.

Or risk your life by making an emergency landing on the sea, grassland or desert.

Although an emergency landing at the airport does not mean it is 100% safe.

But it's better than having to make an emergency landing in the desert.

Liu Changjian continued calling for several minutes, but still no airport responded.

Just when he was about to despair, he suddenly received a message from an unfamiliar channel.

This message expressed regret for what happened to Sichuan Airlines flight 3U9988, but although their airport remained open for the time being, the runway could not withstand the forced landing of a heavy aircraft such as the Airbus A350.

But this piece of information was like a lifesaver.

How could Lu Qingzhou and the others give up? !
So Liu Changjian immediately replied that the airport only needed to provide night lighting guidance.

Then the scene that just happened happened.

"Hello, Counselor Zong Dawei. I am the captain of Sichuan Airlines flight 3u9988, Lu Qingzhou. My plane was ordered to depart from China and rush to Eritrea to carry out the evacuation mission. However, when we arrived in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, the capital airport had been closed. Our plane was also attacked by rockets from unidentified armed forces, causing the tail wing of the plane to malfunction. Now the plane urgently needs to make an emergency landing. Please tell the staff at Sirte Airport to provide lighting guidance and cooperate with our plane's landing." Lu Qingzhou said quickly.

When Zong Dawei heard that there was a malfunction in the plane's tail and that it needed to make an emergency landing immediately, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

He looked up at the airport staff standing opposite him.

The other party shook his head helplessly and said, "It's not that we don't cooperate. Allowing a faulty aircraft to make an emergency landing is the obligation of every airport. However, Sirte Airport is a 4D-level airport. The runway is not long enough to accommodate a heavy aircraft like the Airbus A350."

Zong Dawei hurriedly repeated his words.

Lu Qingzhou on the other end was already getting a little impatient.

"Counselor Zong Dawei, tell him that I also know that Surt is a small civilian airport, but my plane now faces the choice of either making an emergency landing in the desert or at Surt Airport, so please cooperate. My flight is now less than 100 kilometers away from Surt and is expected to arrive over Surt Airport in 10 minutes. Please ask the airport to immediately turn on the runway lights to guide my plane to make an emergency landing."

"Okay, okay." After hearing Zong Dawei's retelling, the staff member named 'Abbas' had no choice but to wave his hand helplessly and said, "Anyway, we are now paid by you Xia people, so we should obey your command."

"But now Sirte is a war zone and a blackout is in effect. If I turn on the runway lights rashly, I might be attacked by government forces or anti-government forces. So I have to wait until your plane arrives over the airport before I can turn on the runway lights to guide the plane to make an emergency landing. As for whether they can find Sirte Airport, it depends on their luck."

(End of this chapter)