Chapter 1706: Emergency Landing
And everyone knows that airplanes are not designed to float in water. The plane's safety guide will tell you that if you make a forced landing on the surface, be sure to inflate your life jacket after exiting the aircraft door. The reason for this is that the plane that descends into the water will sink, and the speed of the sinking depends on the angle, so if you open the life jacket in the cabin, it will not only not work, but will prevent you from escaping from the plane.
Another point is very troublesome, if the person is still alive when falling into the water, the water temperature will directly affect the survival rate.
Humans lose their body temperature much faster in cold water than they do in cold air. Because forced landings in the water are generally accompanied by search and rescue that are longer than those on land, the survival time is very short. See Titanic for a similar situation - most people did not drown, but froze to death.
This is the reason why Zhang Qin strongly opposed the forced landing on the sea before, but now it seems that he can't refuse, he must be as good as the American captain Chesley Schlenberg.
In 09, an American Airbus A320 passenger plane with 155 people on board hit a bird about 5 minutes after taking off from LaGuardia Airport on Long Island, New York, and both engines "died instantly". As the captain, Chesley Schulenberg responded calmly and successfully made the first emergency landing of a large passenger plane on the Hudson River in aviation history, and all the people on board were rescued.
Some psychologists said that this "perfect crash landing" gave Americans caught in the financial crisis the determination and confidence to overcome difficulties, and it made people understand that there is a desperate possibility of survival at any time.
The captain's performance was excellent, but Zhang Qin may have to be even better.
Because the forced landing of the American captain was still on the Hudson River. He's up in the Indian Ocean, and it's a lot more difficult.
Of course. The excellent performance of this aircraft may help him a little, and this is in his favor.
"Boss. The next time I meet that Caesar, I'll definitely let him know how I deal with the beast, the skinning cramps are all small......"
At this time, Yunmo also came over, and he felt the severity of the gaffe, so he wanted to come over and ask if there was anything he could do to help.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, there was a strange roar from the plane.
"What's the matter, this is the second time!" If the last time it was thought that it was nothing, but this time Zhang Tianyuan definitely didn't believe it.
"I'm in trouble, I've met a flock of birds!" Zhang Qin's face showed an expression that was more ugly than crying. It's really a disaster.
"Birds?"
Zhang Tianyuan looked outside and found a flock of big black-brown birds flying towards the plane in a neat formation. As the captain, Zhang Qin was instinctively maneuvering the plane to dodge, but because the distance was too close, the plane still collided with the bird.
In order to make a forced landing, Zhang Qin had already adjusted the plane from automatic driving to manual piloting, but he didn't expect that he would run into trouble before he could do anything.
"Damn, it smells burnt, Zhang Qin. No problem, right?" Zhang Tianyuan's nose was particularly sensitive, and he soon smelled the smell of burning wafting in from the outside.
"Rest assured, the performance of the aircraft is relatively good, although the birds are scorched. But the engine can continue to work!" Zhang Qin's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he could see that he was too nervous: "Also, I have to concentrate on controlling the plane next." Ren Tian, you help me, Mr. Zhang, don't talk to me anymore. It's going to distract me. ”
"Understood!"
Zhang Tianyuan answered and closed the cockpit door. Then he took out his satellite phone, and he felt that he had to contact the rescue, otherwise it would be too late.
When he was about to contact Old Man Nie, Zhang Qin also activated the emergency civil aviation communication channel, sending an emergency distress signal to the nearest flight information region district management center, as well as coordinates, altitude, speed, damage, and air-ground communication frequency!
According to international rules, no matter which flight center receives information, it should find a way to rescue it in time, or notify the organization or institution with rescue capabilities, which is also a helpless way, Zhang Qin must do what he can do as much as possible.
"I'm Zhang Qin, the captain of this plane, now I want to inform you of an important message, the plane will make a forced landing in the Indian Ocean, I hope you are ready, don't panic, believe in my ability, I will definitely let you land safely!
"Ren Tian, immediately conduct an unconventional landing check!"
"No problem, you can make a crash landing!"
"Okay, prepare to empty the fuel tank, as long as it is enough to fly near the desert island!" Zhang Qin continued.
Ren Tian, as the co-pilot, naturally understood that this was to gain greater buoyancy when landing, so he immediately complied.
"Okay, remember, turn off all the AC before the plane lands, I'll leave that to you, I have to control the angle, speed and throttle of the plane's landing, so I don't have that time to spare. Zhang Qin seemed to trust Ren Tian very much.
"Yes!"
Ren Tian's answer was very simple, and he also knew that this was not the time for nonsense, and everything had to be simplified so as to ensure that there were no problems.
Just when Zhang Tianyuan was in a hurry to contact Old Man Nie, Zhang Qin, and Ren Tian to prepare for a forced landing, the rest of the people had already learned that the plane was in trouble through the smoke and the smell of burning that filled the cabin.
Later, when asked about the crew at the time, a flight attendant said that the cabin was extremely quiet at that time, "like in a library". After a while, the believers began to pray.
Rachel had seen many apocalyptic scenes, and she felt as if the apocalypse was about to come.
However, at this time, a few flight attendants and crew members who were in a panic gradually calmed down and began to devote themselves to orderly work.
Because of the things on the plane, only they are more familiar with them, and they have also acted in a forced landing on the water before, so it is better to work with peace of mind than to panic.
Seeing this orderly scene, Zhang Tianyuan also nodded with satisfaction, what he was most afraid of was that everyone would be flustered after encountering this kind of thing, and then he would be really depressed, because once it is chaotic, anything may happen.
The satellite phone was finally connected, Zhang Tianyuan quickly picked up the phone, and without waiting for Old Man Nie to ask, Zhang Tianyuan said anxiously: "Grandpa Nie, it's too late to explain, our plane is in trouble over the Indian Ocean and was locked by a missile, don't ask specifically, in short, the plane is going to make a forced landing on the sea near a desert island, and I will send the coordinates over...... Whether you can be rescued or not depends on your old age!"
The reason why he called Old Man Nie directly instead of others was because he believed in Old Man Nie, and secondly because Old Man Nie had power. He didn't talk nonsense, and just told him about his situation.
"Missiles! Who did it!"
You know, when the old man Nie received Zhang Tianyuan's call, he was teasing Nie Zhen's son, but when he heard this, he almost threw his great-grandson to the ground in a hurry, fortunately he was not old and confused, and took his hand back in time, but at this time, there was no time to tease his grandson, and his whole face changed greatly, and he hurriedly walked back to the office.
"Caesar, the leader of the South African Cross Society, I'll tell you the details when I get back, but don't move this Caesar yet, I'm going to kill him with my own hands......"
Zhang Tianyuan specially told Old Man Nie not to touch Caesar, because he knew that Old Man Nie would definitely be able to kill Caesar, but in this case, it would be too cheap for Caesar, and Zhang Tianyuan wanted to do it himself.
"That Caesar doesn't care about it first, you quickly send the coordinates over, I will immediately let the nearby fleet pass, in addition, there are our friendly countries nearby, I will let them search and rescue, you must not have an accident, if you have an accident, alas......"
Old Man Nie is a person who is used to seeing big scenes, and he can't control his emotions at this time, which shows how important Zhang Tianyuan's status is in his mind.
"Don't worry, Grandpa Nie, I can't die! But the golden rescue time after the forced landing is only forty-five minutes, so we can't wait long!"
Then, Zhang Tianyuan told Old Man Nie the coordinates of the island, and Old Man Nie also wrote it down on a piece of paper, and quickly drew the location on the map.
"Okay, remember what you told me, don't die! I also know your captain Zhang Qin, who once participated in our water forced landing exercise, and his level is very good, I also believe in his ability, wait, you must wait, I will immediately send someone over to ......."
Old Man Nie knew that Zhang Tianyuan's captain was Zhang Qin, but in fact, this person was recommended by him, so he understood that as long as nothing happened to the forced landing, it should be in danger, and the key was the rescue.
"Brother Nie is there for you, I just heard his child's cry. ”
"Yes, the weather is good today, your family has come over, everyone has gathered here, and your daughter-in-law is also ......"
"Grandpa Nie, try to hide my affairs first, although I am sure that I am fine, but I don't want my parents to worry, I don't want Mengmeng to worry. Mengmeng is about to be born, and if I am worried that something will happen to me, I will not be at peace for the rest of my life. Zhang Tianyuan said very seriously.
"I'm not old and confused, of course I know this, let's talk about it here, without further ado, I'm going to give orders, I can't talk more, it's still the same sentence, you are my godgrandson of Nie Ying, the grandson of my good comrade-in-arms, he was shot several times on the battlefield and didn't die, you can't have an accident......"
"Yes!"
After hanging up the phone, Old Man Nie first asked the family to stabilize the guests, then closed the door, picked up the internal phone, dialed directly to his old subordinates, and began to order.
"Old general, what's the urgency?"
This phone is very special, it will not be used under normal circumstances, once it is used, it means that something very serious has happened, and it may even seriously damage the interests of the country, so this army boss is also very serious and does not dare to slack off in the slightest.
"The hero of the republic is in danger, his plane is locked by a missile, and now he has to make an emergency landing on the surface of a deserted island near the Indian Ocean, listen to my orders, you ...... like this" (To be continued. )