The captain did not give up, he must know what the state of the nose landing gear is now.

"Blue 9831, haven't you ruled out the landing gear fault now?" There was also some nervousness in Tatai's tone.

"Well, but I'm going to see what the state of the landing gear is, and you'll check the front landing gear later," the captain said.

"Okay, Blue 9831, fly to 040." The tower commanded, this is to guide Xu Qing and them to approach again.

"Brother, it's useless for you to look at it?" Xu Qing wondered, could it be that with a glance at the tower, the front landing gear could be stretched out? It's better to circle around the fuel consumption in the morning.

"There's still a little difference!" The captain explained: "Although they are all stuck, the position of the card is different, and the difficulty of landing is also different. In case the cover of the nose gear has been opened, the nose wheel is extended, and it can be supported for a while, and the danger factor is also a little higher. ”

After the captain's clarity, Xu Qing understood.

If the cover is not opened, there is no doubt that the nose will have an intimate friction with the pavement.

If the cover is open and the front wheels are lowered a little, but they are not fully opened, it can barely be used. Even if the front wheels are pressed into the wheel compartment again due to weight, the time of friction against the pavement can be delayed and the danger can be reduced.

Xu Qing really didn't expect this section, and he had to have the captain's vision and knowledge reserve to be much thicker.

"Blue 9831, did you decide to land on this field?" The tower asked suddenly.

"yes, what's wrong?" The captain said.

"That's right, it's too late, if you're sure that the site is on the ground, I'm going to contact the fire and medical in advance." Tower explained.

Xu Qing suddenly realized that it was more than three o'clock now, and with the time spent circling and consuming fuel, I was afraid that it would be an all-night night.

Xu Qing and the others followed the guidance of the tower and re-approached, because this time they would not land, it was just a low-altitude field, and the captain only pre-positioned the channel, not the pre-positioned glide.

Otherwise, it is inconvenient to use the altitude holding method when deciding the height for a while.

Although this is not a normal approach, you can't just stand at the tower and be stunned by the underground height. It's night, and the nearby terrain is not clear enough to fully establish a visual reference. Falling down to height indiscriminately is easy to trigger terrain warnings.

The blind landing trajectory is based on the factor of the rain, as long as it follows the channel, the glide path will not trigger the terrain warning.

The captain's plan is to use VS to strictly maintain the glide path, and use the altitude maintenance method when deciding the altitude, maintain the level flight state, fly over the runway and then climb again.

Moreover, although there are very few planes now, it is not without cherry blossoms, if they directly circle in the field and descend to a low altitude to fly around the tower, it may cause a lot of conflicts, and the airport is not opened by Blue Airlines, so they also have to consider the impact of the airport back then.

If it is lower, the observer of the tower may not be able to see clearly.

The tower of K City is equipped with high-power searchlights and professional telescopes, and the airport lights are also turned to the brightest, so the tower personnel should be able to see the front wheels clearly.

The captain applied to the tower again, and after a while, he turned left to go up to the height.

This is because the tower is on the left-hand side of the landing runway, and if you turn left and climb, you can circle the tower half a circle, so the observation time is also a little longer.

After getting along with the people at the tower, Xu Qing and the others re-approached according to the procedure, but it was also a bit exaggerated that the time was too late now, if it was between 12 o'clock in the evening and 1 o'clock in the morning, it would be the peak of the arrival, and the impact would be gone.

In order to reduce the speed to the maximum, Xu Qing and the others still put the flaps to thirty, so that the time to pass through the field is a little longer, and the observation time for the tower is also longer, so that they can see more clearly.

Since the nose landing gear cannot be lowered, below a certain height, there will be a warning sound of the landing gear.

Some of the landing gear warnings can be cut off, and some can't.

Now in this case, the landing gear warning can't be cut off, it keeps ringing, the captain is tired of listening to it, and the commander Xu Qing pulled out the jump switch to eliminate the warning of the landing gear.

Some faults can be identified by resetting the jump switch, but it is not recommended for the pilot to operate the jump switch during the flight, unless the checklist indicates to do so, or the captain believes that failure to reset the switch will threaten flight safety.

As for the jump switch that pulled the landing gear warning this time, it was in the landing checklist for some or all of the landing gear, and it was not the captain's own opinion.

According to the glide path descending, close to the decisive altitude, the captain instructed the tower: "Blue 9831, I will fly level immediately, you can see clearly!" ”

"Roger!" The tower also replied.

50 feet above the decision altitude, the captain pressed the altitude to hold, and the plane entered level flight, and soon reached the runway.

At the moment of flying to the field, a bright light shot from the side of the tower.

The light leaked into the cockpit from the captain's side, but the captain had already prepared and pulled up the blackout curtain, otherwise it would be too dazzling to shine into the cockpit.

"Can you see it?" The co-pilot asked.

After waiting for a few seconds, when the plane was about to fly over the runway, the voice of the tower came from the radio: "From my side, the nose landing gear is almost placed, and it should be stuck in the position that is about to be locked." ”

"I'll go, just a little bit!" The captain hated it, and estimated that when he put the landing gear for the first time, he was stuck in the position before the lock.

Xu Qing and the co-pilot were also upset, and this almost situation was the most uncomfortable.

After receiving the captain's signal, the co-pilot informed the tower to climb again.

"Blue 9831, you turn left to head 100, go up to 5100." Tower Command.

After reciting the command, Xu Qing and the others went up to 5,100 meters this time, and circled on the spot after maintaining the course for two minutes, and the tower was also waiting for Xu Qing and their decision.

"Brother, shall we start circling around the fuel consumption?" The co-pilot asked, even if the nose landing gear is a little close, it is not locked well, and it is still necessary to follow the procedure of putting some or all of the landing gear on the landing checklist.

The captain grinned and still hated secretly, he was really unwilling, just that little bit of a gap, then he had to take a great risk!

Isn't there a way to get the nose gear down?

Xu Qing looked at the captain's thoughtful appearance, and knew that the captain was thinking of a way, but there were only so many ways to put the landing gear, could the captain still conjure flowers?

Just when Xu Qing was pessimistic, the captain clapped his hands, approached Xu Qing and the co-pilot, sharpened his teeth, and grinned: "Why don't we try a zero-altitude go-around, only let the main wheel connect to the ground, and use the momentum of grounding to see if we can throw the nose landing gear to the locked position?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Qing gasped, this captain is not easy to match!