Although the commotion of the passengers was calmed down by the steel hammer, the people were still panicked, and everyone did not dare to speak loudly, and some only dared to whisper a few words to comfort the female companion who was holding her head and sobbing beside her, and there was a depressing atmosphere in the cabin.

After a while, seeing that everyone had almost digested the current situation, Gangyi continued: "Thank you for your cooperation, now if you have any needs, such as wanting to go to the toilet or something, you can raise your hand and ask, I will meet your request." Be careful, don't try to play any tricks, your every move won't escape my eyes and ears. ”

Many thoughtful people suddenly changed color, and since the hijackers were able to control the entire plane silently, who could guarantee that there were no hijackers among the passengers?

At this time, a girl raised her hand, her face flushed, and said timidly: "I...... I want to go to the toilet!"

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"Razzi, come and see this plane, it's almost a hundred kilometers off its intended route!" Zaybi said, pointing to the radar screen.

Zaibi is a general air traffic controller in the area control room of the Civil Aviation Authority of Iran, where his main job is to provide air traffic control services to controlled aircraft in the control area and to correct those aircraft that deviate from their normal routes.

Razzi checked the flight schedule and said, "It's okay, it should be Emirates' flight QR750 from BJ to Dubai, it is estimated that the plane is on autopilot, and the pilot didn't pay attention." ”

Razzi turned on the call channel and said into the microphone: "Hakhbahar air control station call QR750, Hakhbahar air control station call QR750, man, you have deviated from the normal flight route, please return to the normal route immediately, please return to the normal route immediately." ”

After a few seconds, there was no response in the headset, Razzi frowned, and called again: "Hakhbahar air traffic control station call QR750, Hakhbahar air control station call QR750, please return to normal route immediately, please return to normal route immediately." ”

The QR750 still didn't respond, and flew off in the direction of the coastline.

Razzi had an ominous premonition in his heart, and said: "Zaybi, something is wrong with this plane, report it to the Aviation Administration immediately." ”

Twenty minutes later, two MiG-29A "fulcrum" fighters belonging to the Iranian Air Force took off urgently, and by the time they caught up with the QR750 flight, the plane had already flown out of Iranian airspace and into the skies over the Arabian Sea.

The two MiG-29s could only be escorted one left and one right behind the massive Airbus A380 and sent it out of the country.

Half an hour later, four Royal Saudi Air Force EF-2000 "Typhoon" fighters who arrived after hearing the news took over the escort of the MiG-29A.

The cabin of the Airbus A380 has calmed down, and it has been found that the hijackers have little restraint on them as long as they do not move around, and that as long as there are reasonable requests from passengers, they are basically satisfied.

So far, the hijackers have not shown their faces, and with the promise that they will be allowed to leave as soon as the plane arrives at Entebbe International Airport, most people have lost their initial fears.

In particular, those who were close to the porthole shouted excitedly when they saw the fighter escort appearing outside the plane, and waved at the fighter non-stop.

There were also some people who took out their DVs, cell phones, and cameras and took big shots out of the portholes.

Some nervous people are even discussing that if the final result is really as the hijackers said, they can leave safely, then this flight is definitely worth the money, not only feel the excitement of the hijacking, but also enjoy the treatment of fighter escort, which is comparable to the head of a country.

Chen Xin was a little speechless, is the good hijacking incident really going to become a day trip to Africa?

At the same time, Al Jazeera immediately inserted an urgent news that an Emirates flight QR750 from BJ to Dubai was hijacked by terrorists and was flying to the African continent, and the Airbus A380 is now under the surveillance of the Royal Saudi Air Force, and it is expected that the fuel on the plane will guarantee a five-hour flight time, and it is not yet clear the motive and specific destination of the hijackers.

This news quickly made headlines in Shijie's major media, especially when it was mentioned that the hijacked model was the star airliner Airbus A380, and there were nearly 500 passengers on board, and for a while, everyone's eyes were attracted to it.

In China, this news caused an uproar, and no one expected that just a few hours after the kidnapping case in Uganda, there would be such a sensational incident as a hijacking.

The CCTV news channel even temporarily opened a news live broadcast room to continuously report on the latest developments of the hijacking incident.

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Inside the Il-76 transport aircraft.

Due to the fact that they had taken off an hour and a half earlier than Emirates' QR750 flight, they had already entered Saudi airspace at this time.

Captain Xiang Yongqiang came to the cargo hold at the back and said to the members of the special team: "I just received news that the Djibouti airport has rejected our request to land, and we will go to Egypt, and then you will be picked up by the Z-8 helicopter carried on the dock landing ship 'Kunlunshan'. ”

The second captain who led the team nodded, and said in an indifferent tone: "Understood." ”

Then all the members of the special team retracted their gaze, and the cargo hold fell silent again.

The female doctor named Qiao Ting was typing on the computer of the individual soldier, and she didn't know what she was doing, so she turned a deaf ear to Xiang Yongqiang's words.

Xiang Yongqiang said in his heart, what a group of weirdos, needless to say, these special forces look at people like looking at dead people, there are almost no emotional fluctuations, even when eating, I haven't seen them speak.

As for the female doctor, she has the same virtue as these special forces, and she doesn't care much about people, and after getting on the plane, she protects the strange instrument next to her like a baby, and no one is allowed to touch it.

Chang Siwei sat in the command post, his eyes bloodshot, smoking cigarettes one after another.

He had slept less than two hours since last night.

Due to the refusal of the Djibouti side, the Il-76 transport plane of the Chinese Air Force had to be transferred to Egypt, and it is estimated that the support will arrive two hours later than originally planned.

The latest satellite photographs from an hour ago showed that the USS George Washington aircraft carrier battle group is less than 600 nautical miles off the east coast of Africa and is expected to join the USS Nimitz at 8 p.m. capital time.

Currently, more than 20 marines from the escort fleet are joining a convoy of a Chinese oil company on the border between South Sudan and Uganda.

When crossing the South Ukrainian border, they can move freely through Uganda for a capitation fee of $50 per person.

Chang Siwei sighed, compared with Europe and the United States and other countries, China's liliang in Africa is more concentrated in the economic field, once it reaches such a critical moment, the weakness of the military liliang is very helpless.

At this time, Peng Guochen, Minister of Intelligence, hurriedly came to Chang Siwei's side and said: "Chief, according to the information we just received from the Saudi side, the hijacked Airbus A380 was aimed at Uganda's Entebbe International Airport, and we judge that this should not be a coincidence......

Chang Siwei was stunned for a moment, took a hard puff of cigarette and said, "What do you mean......"

Peng Guochen slowly said three words: "The battle is over!"

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Chen Xin is poring over information about Uganda and Entebbe International Airport, where the plane will land, collected from the Internet.

Uganda has a total area of 236,000 square kilometres. It is a landlocked country in eastern Africa, straddling the equator, bordering Kenya to the east, Tanzania and Rwanda to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the west, and South Sudan to the north. Most of the whole territory is located in the Central African Plateau, with many lakes, with an average altitude of 1000-1200 meters, and is known as the "plateau water town". The western branch of the Great Rift Valley runs through the western border, and there are many rivers and lakes at the bottom of the valley. Between the rift zone and the eastern mountains, there is a wide shallow basin with many swamps.

Although Uganda is located on the equator line, it was once known as the "Pearl of Africa" by Churchill because of its high terrain, rivers and lakes, so it has abundant rainfall, lush plants, and spring all year round. The average annual temperature is 22.3°C. October is the hottest month with an average of 23.55°C and the lowest month is June with an average of 21.4°C.

Generally speaking, international flights land at the capital airport in their home country. But Uganda is different, the capital of Uganda is called Kampala, and there is no international airport, and Entebbe, a city very close to it, has an international airport.

Chen Xin is much more familiar with Entebbe Airport than Uganda, and it is here that the famous Entebbe Airport hostage incident took place.

On the night of 27 June 1976, 10 terrorists from the Palestine Liberation Organization and the German Red Army Brigade hijacked an Air France flight and landed at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda. A total of 248 passengers were initially hijacked, but then the terrorists released all non-Jewish passengers, and 105 Jewish passengers and one captain remained hijacked.

The terrorists demanded the release of 40 Palestinians detained in Israel and 13 other terrorist suspects detained by Kenya, France, Switzerland and Germany, respectively. The Israeli Government, ostensibly accepting the demands of the terrorists, has in fact decided to use force to rescue the remaining hostages. On July 4, 1976, about 100 Israeli commandos flew 4,000 kilometers in four Israeli Air Force C-130 transport planes, disguised as civilian aircraft, and secretly landed at Entebbe International Airport and launched a surprise attack. After 30 minutes of fierce fighting, seven hijackers were killed. Of the 106 hostages, three were killed, one was subsequently killed, and the remaining 102 were rescued.

The Israeli special forces ran more than 4,800 kilometers through the airspace of many hostile countries and successfully rescued 102 hostages; one commando was killed and three were wounded; all the weapons and equipment they carried, including planes and cars, were brought back; seven of the 10 terrorists were killed and three escaped; about 45 guards at Entebbe airport were killed, and 11 MiG fighters and the airport's command, communications, navigation, and other facilities were blown up. In this operation, the decisiveness of the command decision, the thoroughness of the rescue of Jihua, the swiftness of the assault action, and the glory of Zuihou's victory are all classics.

The Israeli military also called the operation Operation Thunderball/Thunderbolt, and some called the operation Operation Yonatan after its commander, Colonel Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu (the elder brother of current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu).

It's just that no one would have imagined that 25 years later, another hijacked civil airliner will target Entebbe International Airport.