1071: A black and white photo
Unlike cars and trains, airplanes don't arrive at their destination on time, and you can stop the car for a while.
The Boeing 747 has been delayed for almost five hours.
Judging by the record of the plane's last refueling at New Chitose Airport, five hours is already the limit flight time of the aircraft.
In these five hours, the U.S. aviation department mobilized almost all the forces it could mobilize to find the Boeing 747 together.
The ground towers of the countries that spoke to the plane not only sent the original copies of the call records, but even the callers had to be questioned by the investigation teams that had been dispatched urgently.
At the same time, the US military bases in South Korea and Japan dispatched search detachments to carry out searches along the sea area along the two routes from Japan to Shanghai and Jeonju Island.
A reconnaissance satellite deployed over the Asia-Pacific region received an emergency orbit change order to launch a carpet optical reconnaissance with a diameter of 500 kilometers centered on the radar position at the time of the last pilot call.
An hour passed.
Two hours passed.
Neither the search team nor the reconnaissance satellites found anything.
Nothing was found, but the investigation team was convinced that the plane had not fallen.
Because whether it is to Shanghai or to Jeonju Island, this route is one of the busiest routes in the world. If the plane falls, it will only crash into the sea. In this area, there are a large number of merchant ships and fishing boats.
Even if no one notices the process of the plane crashing into the sea, after the plane hits the sea at high speed, it will be torn into countless pieces, and these fragments will float in the sea, and it is impossible to go unnoticed.
The plane's black box did not release a very eye-catching seawater dye.
Combined with a false GPS signal, it flew all the way to Shanghai.
They were already sure that the Boeing 747 plane was somehow intervened at the moment it turned to Qizhou Island.
The U.S. intelligence network around the world immediately became active, trying every means to gather any intelligence related to the Boeing 747 plane.
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Inside the Shanghai West Suburbs State Guest House.
At the point where the flight was expected to arrive at Shanghai Airport, Ye Qing took a special car and came to the State Guest House in the western suburbs of Shanghai.
Ye Qing wants to make the gesture of the host, after all, the director of the bureau, Mr. Nenan Bona, has come from afar. Ye Qing couldn't let them wait for him in the hotel, but welcomed them in the hotel himself.
The media arrived earlier than Ye Qing, and the number of media from all over the world exceeded 200, of which the American media alone accounted for one-third.
If the normal flight time is scheduled, the negotiation team led by Director Nenan Bona has already arrived in Shanghai.
However, the media waited for an hour and waited for two hours, but they still did not see the special car team of the director Nenan Bona.
Three hours passed, and the media felt that something was wrong.
The Boeing 747 plane also carried dozens of reporters from the United States. They belong to different media groups, and there are reporters and colleagues based in China who contact these reporters by satellite phone, but they cannot be reached.
On airplanes, satellite signals are sometimes very mysterious, and there are three or four communication satellites overhead, but they can't be connected to them.
Sometimes there is only one satellite, but the signal is good enough to go live.
But it doesn't make sense that all journalists can't reach their colleagues.
As time passed, a wave of unease slowly fermented in the team of reporters. Many people thought of a possibility, but no one dared to mention it.
This night is destined to be a sleepless night.
At six o'clock in the morning, there was already faint gossip from the outside world that the plane on which the director of the bureau was in Nenan Bona "crashed".
First of all, the flight numbered E7004 never landed at Shanghai Airport.
Many fishermen and short-haul sailors operating in the Yellow Sea said online that they had received radio notifications from China, Japan and South Korea.
If you find any suspected aircraft parts on the surface of the sea, or if you have an abnormal orange-red color, please report it to the maritime authorities in your area immediately.
Those who provide correct information will receive a cash prize of US$100,000.
At 9 a.m. local time in China, the United States had to hold an on-site press conference under the pressure of public opinion.
Between the eye-catching nature of this flight, and the particularity of the members.
The press conference was held not only in the White House press room, but also by Miss Weisz, the first assistant to the president.
In the press room, even the aisles were crowded with people.
Journalists from all over the world are speculating about the possibility of the flight.
Until Weiz, who was dressed in a black slim suit, walked into the lecture hall with a solemn expression.
The hustle and bustle came to an abrupt end.
The reporters all smelled something bad on Weisz's face.
Weisz walked over to the podium, which was packed with microphones, and first raised her hands to signal everyone to be quiet.
"Today should have been a happy day for us. ”
"But unfortunately, the talks we were looking forward to could not take place as scheduled. The negotiation team led by the head of our Social Security Bureau, Nenan Bona, and the rest of the media on the plane did not arrive at their final destination, Shanghai, as scheduled. ”
"The moment the flight failed to land as scheduled, we immediately mobilized the surrounding international forces to search for the whereabouts of the E7004 plane. ”
"We searched the area of the sea within a 500-kilometer radius of the last point of contact, but we did not find any clues about the suspected aircraft. ”
"We have informed the families of all the crew members on the flight, but we have not informed them that the message will leave us all heartbroken. ”
Weisz paused, with a solemn expression with some seriousness, even a little stern.
"I know everybody wants to know the whereabouts of this flight.
But~
I would like to tell you that this incident is an unprecedented and serious incident.
As of now, we have reliable investigative information. The flight did not fall, but someone changed the course due to operational factors.
In the face of this unprecedented flight incident, we will show unprecedented determination.
We are conducting an investigation, and the final results can be very complex. But no matter how complicated the outcome is, it can't stop our determination to recover the plane and all the people on it.
As soon as the news statement came out, all the media were shocked.
White House speeches are usually vague, but the reporters in the room are experts at interpreting it.
They immediately understood what had happened to the Boeing 747.
Not an accidental crash as they imagined.
So far, they have not found any plane wreckage, and the closest sea area from Japan to China is only a few hundred kilometers, and the distance to South Korea is also this distance, so it does not take too long to search the entire sea area. It is even less likely that the plane will fall on land, and with the population density of those countries, I am afraid that the plane will make headlines as soon as it smokes.
The plane, possibly hijacked.
And the hijackers were no ordinary people, at least not enemies like the one in the World Trade Towers incident.
Otherwise, Weisz would never have described this event as unprecedented.
Who is it?
Who would dare to oppose the United States?
As is customary, there will be some time for reporters to ask questions after the speakers have finished their statements. Even if Miss Weisz didn't say that it was time for reporters' questions, more than half of the media stood up and raised their hands.
A CBS reporter was called upon, and the reporter spoke anxiously, "Excuse me, who is our enemy?"
"Two of my colleagues were on this plane. ”
"We don't know yet. Weisz shook her head and replaced a reporter.
"Excuse me, is there any evidence that the crew is still alive?"
"There is no direct evidence at the moment, but according to expert analysis, the plane did not fall, but landed somewhere unknown. ”
Just as the next reporter was called to his feet, his question was suddenly interrupted by an uninvited guest.
It was a White House staff member wearing sunglasses who trotted up from the entrance on the side of the podium and leaned over to whisper something in Weiz's ear.
Weisz's expression changed.
"I'm sorry, this is the end of the press conference. ”
The reporters immediately blew up their nests, and they had a premonition that a sensational international event was about to happen.
The press conference was broadcast live through the media, and not only the American people blew up their nests, but all the netizens who saw this news also blew up.
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In a White House office, Weisz quickly pushed the door open.
The atmosphere inside is more cohesive.
There were not only the heads of aviation departments, but also two generals in military uniforms.
Before Weisz could sit down, she frowned and asked, "What's the breaking news?"
No one spoke, and the atmosphere was cold.
But someone pushed a black-and-white photo forward.
Weiz's blue pupils shrank, and she noticed that there was a factory building on the photograph that still smelled of printing ink.
The door of the factory was open, and the doorway was full of soldiers.
But that's not the point, for Weisz to abruptly abruptly abort the final press conference, there must be a message on the photos that warrants their attention.
Weisz was at the door of the factory and saw the tail of an airplane that was about to disappear.
The seated head of the aviation department spoke, "Based on the proportions of the people and the building in the photo, we are sure that this is an aircraft hangar. ”
"The details of the tail of the plane that were exposed have been confirmed by multiple Boeing engineers. ”
"That~ it's a Boeing 747!"
Weisz's eyes almost burst into flames, she slapped the table fiercely, and asked sharply: "Where is the photo taken, I want to see which country dares to attack the idea of our special plane." ”
"What about the military, why don't you start preparing for the rescue?"
"You calm down first. The general from the Pentagon spoke, "At the moment, the solution of rescue with special forces will definitely not work." ”
"Because the photo was taken in Russia. ”
"The detailed location is the Russian Yamsk ballistic missile test base. ”
"Russia?"
Weisz suddenly turned off the fire.
Whether Russia can withstand the US special forces no longer needs to be tested again by risking their lives.
Of course, she had heard the name of the Yamsk ballistic missile test base, and she knew better what was going on inside the base recently.
It's just that......
She thought of countless possibilities, but she didn't imagine that the Boeing 747 would appear here.
Don't......
Their Mr. Director of Social Security, betrayed and defected to the enemy?