Chapter 651: Emergency Landing
Having poured a cup of coffee, the captain buried himself comfortably in the large seat. As a propeller aircraft, it flies smoothly and comfortably than a fighter jet, the coffee in its hand is shaking slightly, and there is almost no bump. The plane was really good, the captain took a sip of coffee with satisfaction, and glanced casually out of the porthole.
It was already nine o'clock in the evening, and it was pitch black outside, and it was impossible to distinguish between the clouds and the sea, but the captain knew that he was flying horizontally at an altitude of 10,000 meters above the sea.
There is still an hour, I can go back to the aircraft carrier, my waist is always a little sore these days, go back to Linda and ask if it is too much nightlife at night. The Captain's thing began to stir at the thought of Linda, and he began to recall Linda's blonde hair fluttering in the wind, and her towering breasts that almost broke her uniform and could not be held in the palm of a hand. Yesterday I buried my head in it with great excitement and almost suffocated in her arms.
As soon as the exercise was over, he proposed to her, the captain thought as he put his hand into his trouser pocket. There was a ring box inside, and he had been with him since he bought it.
At the moment when the captain withdrew his gaze, a thin green laser beam hit the right wing of the AWACS aircraft. The laser beam easily melted the metal from the surface of the aircraft and hit a stubby black tubing. The laser-irradiated tubing evaporated silently, leaving behind a black hole the size of a finger, from which jet fuel was ejected under tremendous pressure.
"Dut...... The alarm sound of "beep ......" sounded in the cabin, the right engine that had lost the fuel supply slowly stopped turning, and the speed of the aircraft, which had lost half of its power, began to decrease, and the plane began to tremble involuntarily due to the uneven power of the engines on both sides.
"What's going on? Are we under attack? The captain's face turned white with a "brush", the coffee in his hand shook out more than half, and the black-brown coffee on his white shirt was so shocking that the captain didn't bother to wipe it off, and asked the pilot loudly.
As soon as he heard the alarm, the captain's first reaction was that he was locked onto by the radar of the enemy aircraft. The captain's brain was spinning rapidly, how could he be attacked inexplicably, it didn't make sense. The powerful radar system on the E-2C can detect high-altitude bombers at a distance of 741 kilometers, low-altitude bombers at a distance of 463 kilometers, ships at a distance of 360 kilometers, low-altitude fighters at a distance of 408 kilometers, and even low-altitude cruise missiles with small targets can be detected at a distance of 269 kilometers.
The maximum range of air-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft missiles of ordinary warplanes and warships is only 120 kilometers, that is to say, planes and warships must enter a range of 100 kilometers from early warning aircraft before they can launch missiles to attack themselves. At a distance of 100 km, even a grasshopper will be detected by its own radar.
The radar operator reported loudly: "Report to the captain, the radar shows that everything is normal, no targets have been found. ”
"Captain, the oil pressure is dropping rapidly, the right engine is stopped, it is likely that the plane's oil pipe is ruptured, and it is leaking." The pilot pointed to the rapidly flashing oil warning lights and turned back to the captain.
The captain no longer needed to ask about the cause of the malfunction, because he had already smelled the smell of gasoline that began to permeate the cabin of the aircraft.
The captain decisively ordered: "Turn off the right engine, keep course, control the flight attitude, reduce the altitude, control the speed, sergeant, you report to the command center immediately." ”
The captain was now worried about two things, the first was that the plane's oil spill had turned the plane into a time bomb that could explode at any moment, and the slightest spark would cause a violent explosion that would blow everything here to pieces.
Second, when only one engine is working, the aircraft becomes difficult to control. It's a little better to land on land, but it's a big risk to land at sea, especially on an aircraft carrier that is constantly rocking with the sea during the voyage. If you are not careful, there is a high risk that the plane will turn into a large bomb dropped on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
The E-2C AWACS aircraft flew crookedly in the direction of the Combined Fleet, and twenty minutes later, a little light appeared on the sea in front of it, and the Combined Fleet was below. From the radar, I learned that the AWACS aircraft had returned, and the deck of the aircraft carrier was already brightly lit, the wide deck was tidied up, and many staff members wearing vests of various colors were busy making various preparations.
The captain looked at the gauge and ordered: "Descend altitude, turn left and prepare to enter the landing course." ”
The AWACS aircraft began to turn slowly, and the pilot of the aircraft clung to the control stick, beads of sweat the size of beans seeped from his forehead, and in the case of only one engine working, if he did too violent maneuvers, the plane would lose control and crash. After the AWACS aircraft made a large circle, with the roar of the engine, a huge body passed above the deck of the aircraft carrier.
Main flight control center. Smith raised his head with a grim face and looked at the AWACS plane that was moving away from him, he was the landing commander of this aircraft carrier formation, and he had already commanded thousands of landings. Through the huge glass window, he clearly saw that the right engine of the plane had stopped turning.
After flying over the aircraft carrier, the AWACS aircraft began to slowly turn to the left, once again entered the ship's course, and lowered the tail hook of the ship.
1,000 feet...... Eight hundred feet...... Six hundred feet...... Seeing that the AWACS aircraft was constantly descending in altitude towards the flight deck runway, Smith calmly issued various commands. "Set up Emergency Blocking Cable No. 5, erect the Blocking Net Bracket, unfold the nylon Blocking Net, and prepare the fire engine and the medical team."
The members of the medical team had been waiting in a corner of the flight deck, and one of them, a tall blonde nurse with an anxious look, tiptoed to the rear of the aircraft carrier, the plane was falling lower and lower, the pilot's helmet could almost be seen through the windshield, and everyone on the aircraft carrier was quietly watching the slightly shaking plane. They couldn't help but hold their breath, as if they were afraid that their breath and breath would blow the AWACS into the sea at once.
The captain's hand gripped the back of the chair tightly, and the knuckles of his fingers turned pale from the exertion. The plane slowly approached the aircraft carrier from the rear, and the landing gear had been lowered, when a strong sea breeze blew, and the AWACS aircraft shook significantly, and this wind blew the AWACS aircraft off the landing course.
Seeing that he was about to collide with the aircraft carrier's control tower, Smith shouted into the microphone: "Go-go!" Go-around! ”