Chapter 462 - Fly by Reading the Manual

Although he heard the helplessness in Jiang Ping's words, there was really no other way at the moment, the purser nodded helplessly, and then began to broadcast to the cabin, looking for pilots with experience in flying large passenger planes.

However, piloting is not a common profession, and the purser asked several times without receiving any response. On the contrary, such a question made the passengers in the economy class behind them begin to panic, and the originally quiet cabin began to be noisy.

At present, the A330 is flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters, and it will be very dangerous if the passengers lose control of their emotions. Seeing that some passengers were trying to break into the first-class cabin to find out what was going on, Jiang Ping immediately sat in the cockpit and began to broadcast to the passengers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am the co-pilot of this flight. Jiang Ping said in standard English in a steady tone: "Because the captain felt a little unwell, he planned to find a passenger with flying experience to assist me in piloting the plane." Of course, I can fly an airplane on my own, just to be on the safe side. On behalf of the crew, I would like to express my deep apologies to all of you for the trouble caused!"

All the passengers heard Jiang Ping's words, and their emotions gradually stabilized. Before, they all thought that something was wrong, so they had to recruit pilots among the passengers. But now it seems that it's just a pilot who is unwell, and although it's still a little nervous, at least it's not as scary as before.

Hearing Jiang Ping's announcement, the purser also rushed to the cockpit, looked at him worriedly and asked, "Are you really going to fly the plane yourself?"

"What if you don't do this?" Jiang Pingchao said with a wry smile to the purser: "There is no pilot among the passengers, so I can only fight!"

"Oh well. The purser also said helplessly: "What do you want us to do?"

Jiang Ping glanced at the purser, and then said lightly: "You can be my co-pilot." Stay here and help me. ”

"Okay. Anyway, if you can't land safely. It's the same everywhere!" The purser agreed dryly, and then introduced himself to Jiang Ping: "My name is Jessica Taylor. ”

Although Jiang Ping knew that Jessica could know his name through the passenger list, he still said politely: "Fortunately, my name is Jiang Ping." ”

"Mr. Jiang, now is not the time for small talk. Jessica said a little anxiously: "It's better to think about what to do first, and it's not too late to say hello after landing safely." ”

Jessica's words made Jiang Ping stunned slightly, and then nodded and smiled: "You're right." Let's talk about it when we land safely!"

Seeing that Jiang Ping's advice to her was so kind, Jessica also felt a little embarrassed, she was about to say hello to Jiang Ping, but saw that Jiang Ping had already put on headphones, skillfully adjusted the frequency of the radio and began to call: "This is Air France 2103, emergency, help, help!"

There was a quick echo in the headphones, and a man said in English with some accents: "This is the Budapest Air Traffic Control Center, Air France 2103." What's the situation?"

"Someone tried to hijack the plane, and now it has been subdued!" Jiang Ping continued to report: "There were two deaths on the plane. Two people were injured, one of them was seriously injured and asked for an emergency landing!"

When they first heard that Air France 2103 had been hijacked, the controllers at the air traffic control center were also taken aback. However, after hearing Jiang Ping say that the hijackers had been subdued and just needed an emergency landing, he was obviously relieved and said in a brisk tone: "I'll arrange an emergency landing now, Air France 2103, please turn to 180, and reduce the altitude to 10,000 feet at the same time." ”

"Actually, we still have a question. Jiang Ping smiled bitterly and said to the air pipeline: "Among the dead and wounded, one is the captain, and the other seriously injured is the co-pilot. ”

The air traffic control didn't understand what Jiang Ping meant for a while, and subconsciously asked, "Then who are you?"

Jiang Ping said helplessly: "Actually, I'm just a passenger, and the co-pilot is the purser of this flight." And we have already asked, among the passengers there is no experience of flying jetliners. ”

At this moment, the air traffic control completely understood what Jiang Ping meant, and asked in a trembling voice: "You mean, you don't have a pilot now?"

"That's right. Jiang Ping smiled bitterly: "So I need all assistance, and it is right away!"

The air traffic control was taken aback, and hurriedly asked his colleagues to tell various departments about the grim situation of Air France Flight 2103, and then asked Jiang Ping in a low voice: "What are you going to do now?"

"What else can I do, read the manual to fly!" Jiang Ping sighed helplessly, and then said to the air: "Now I am ready to follow your instructions, turn to 180, and reduce the flight altitude to 10,000 feet!"

Rao is experienced in air traffic control, but his voice at this time was a little trembling: "Okay, good, be careful, don't be too anxious!"

"Thanks for the reminder. Jiang Ping replied briefly, and then said to Jessica: "Find out the flight manual." ”

Modern jumbo jet systems are numerous and complex to maneuver, and there is a flight manual in the cockpit detailing how to handle the aircraft and what to do in case of certain emergencies.

Of course, for experienced pilots, a flight manual is only available in case of an emergency. But for Jiang Ping, without this flight manual, he would not know where to start flying the plane.

Jessica quickly found the flight manual, a manual hundreds of pages thick, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a book. At Jiang Ping's request, she quickly figured out how to turn off the automatic flight system and switch to manual flight.

"Okay, now I'm going to turn off the automatic flight system. Jiang Ping said to Jessica: "But before that, we still have to ask everyone to fasten their seat belts." ”

Jessica, who was pale, nodded at Jiang Ping, and hurriedly fastened her seat belt. Jiang Ping reminded the people in the cabin through the in-flight broadcast system, telling everyone that because the captain was seriously ill, he needed to make an emergency landing in Budapest, and the captain would receive treatment in time and get a new pilot.

Most of the passengers were unaware of the very serious situation that had taken place on the plane, so they were a little unhappy with the crew's decision, but they all found it acceptable. After all, it's always unrealistic to fly long distances with only one pilot, and it feels much better if there are two pilots.

But if the passengers knew, in fact, there was not a single pilot on the plane now, and only a passenger and a flight attendant sitting in the cockpit did not know how they would feel.

After calming the passengers, Jiang Ping and Jessica glanced at each other, and then turned off the plane's autopilot.

As soon as the autopilot was turned off, it was all up to Jiang Ping to fly the plane. He gently turned the control stick, piloted the plane slowly ninety degrees, and began to fly due south according to the instructions of the air traffic control.

After adjusting the direction of the flight, Jiang Ping slowly pushed the control stick forward again, allowing the plane to descend slowly. At the same time, Jiang Ping also tightened the throttle in time to offset the acceleration of the aircraft during the descent.

Jessica, who was next to her, looked at Jiang Ping's series of operations, and couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised: "You can fly a plane?"

"No!" Jiang Ping answered the question cleanly, and then explained to him, "But I've played Microsoft's flight simulator, and I can land safely every time!"

Jessica had just ignited a glimmer of hope, but was completely extinguished by Jiang Ping's words, and couldn't help but whisper: "God, we're finished!"

Looking at Jessica's desperate appearance, Jiang Ping couldn't help but feel a little funny. Of course, what he just said was not true, no one can learn to fly an airplane just by playing video games. In fact, Jiang Ping really had an aircraft license in his previous life, and he was also an experienced pilot, otherwise he would never have been so calm at this time.

However, the most advanced aircraft that Jiang Ping flew in his previous life was Gulfstream's business jet series. Although it was also a very advanced jet, it was a small jet that could only carry a dozen people. It is undoubtedly very different from the Airbus A330, a large business jet. Not to mention, the cockpit instruments of the A330 alone are more complex than those of the Gulfstream series.

Of course, Jiang Ping would not tell Jessica about his jet driving experience, and he couldn't explain how he could have such experience. So I can only use a video game to fool people, but it saves a lot of trouble with explanations.

Unlike Jessica, who was passive and desperate, Jiang Ping was engrossed in piloting the plane to descend altitude. Although he had experience piloting in his previous life, the handling of a jumbo jetliner was completely different from that of a smaller aircraft, so he had to be very careful.

With such a serious attitude, Jiang Ping controlled the plane almost perfectly, keeping both the descent rate and the speed at its best, and finally reached the height required by the air traffic controller a few minutes later.

After looking at the altimeter and confirming that the plane had stabilized at 10,000 feet, Jiang Ping reported to the ground control center again: "This is Air France 2103, which has descended to the specified altitude, flying in the direction of 180 and at an altitude of 10,000 feet!"

The voice of the air traffic controller soon sounded in the headphones: "Good job, I've been monitoring your flight status, this is a perfect descent, you must have previous experience flying planes, right?"

"Actually...... I've only played with Microsoft's flight simulator. Jiang Ping once again took out the video game as a shield, choking on the air traffic control and having nothing to say.

"Well, well. The air traffic controller was stunned for a moment, and then said to Jiang Ping: "We have contacted Airbus, and they have sent the most experienced test pilots to guide you to land." You can talk through this channel, you can ask any questions and they will answer them for you. ”

"Yay. Jiang Ping praised sincerely, and then nodded heavily: "In this way, we have a greater hope of successfully landing." ”

As soon as Jiang Ping's voice fell, a deep male voice interjected: "Don't be too happy, any accident can happen before the wheels come to a complete stop!" (to be continued......)

PS: Second update.