Chapter 668: Forced Landing
Yang Jing asked, "Captain, where are we now?"
The captain replied quickly: "If we were on a normal course, we would be over Logansport at this time, but because our plane had made a two-minute descent, and it had deviated from its original course when it flipped just now, we are now about between Logansport and Kampti." It's a short walk from the Toledo Bend Reservoir. ”
As he spoke, he saw a vast lake in front of him, and judging from the narrow north-south lake, this lake should be the Toledo Bend Reservoir located at the junction of Texas and Louisiana.
The reservoir is a huge man-made reservoir that cut off the Sabine River in the sixties, with an average width of more than six kilometers and a length of nearly 90 kilometers, making it the largest artificial lake in the southwestern United States.
The reservoir has enough length on the surface for the plane to make a forced landing, and everyone knows that it is far better to make a forced landing on the surface than on the ground. After all, the cushioning force of the water surface can protect the aircraft from disintegration to the greatest extent, and it can also limit the occurrence of fire to the greatest extent. If a successful forced landing on the water can be successful, the survival probability of the passengers on board will be greatly improved.
When Nathan saw this vast surface of water, his face also showed joy, and he hurriedly said: "Captain, we have now controlled the flight attitude, but if we want to make a forced landing, we must let the plane flip over again." So, if we want to make a forced landing on the lake, we have to flip it over again now, otherwise we will miss the opportunity to make a forced landing on the lake. ”
The captain gritted his back molars and said into the radio: "Houston, Houston, this is A152, we are flying backwards now, so the flight attitude is temporarily controlled." But because we've just emptied all the fuel, we have to make a forced landing now. We are preparing to make a forced landing on the surface of the Toledo Bend Reservoir, please Houston arrange for nearby personnel to come to the rescue, we only have two minutes, we only have two minutes!"
"Toledo Bend Reservoir? We will arrange for rescuers right away!A152, God is with you......"
After the captain said these words, he looked at the co-pilot, then screwed the communication switch to the internal communication channel, and said calmly: "Passengers, this is the captain." We must have all known the situation now, the plane has lost control, but I want to take you to a successful forced landing, and I am confident that this plane will make a successful forced landing. So, you don't have to panic, you must sit in your seat, fasten your seat belts, we are going to flip the plane again now, you must follow the instructions to prepare for the shock, we expect to make a forced landing on the surface in two minutes......" The captain hesitated, but still said "God is with us!"
There was another cacophony of noise in the back cabin, but as the plane turned and flipped again, there was a sudden silence in the back cabin, probably at this time when all the passengers were praying sincerely.
Just after the plane successfully flipped over, the altitude of the plane had dropped to less than 2,000 feet, and less than a kilometer ahead was the Toledo Bend Reservoir, but at this time, the plane shook violently again, and the co-pilot immediately shouted in horror: "Sir, one of our engines has stopped......
It's no wonder that all the fuel in the plane's fuel tank was discharged during the dive just now, and God forbid that little fuel was able to hold on to the plane flipping over again.
The captain had obviously come out of his mind at this time, he nodded to show that he knew, and then turned to Yang Jing and Nathan and said, "Gentlemen, thank you for this brilliant idea. We've barely managed to control our flight attitude now, and we'll be making a crash landing on the lake in about twenty seconds, so you'd better both get back to your seats and buckle up. ”
Yang Jing and Nathan glanced at each other, and even turned their heads and ran away without being vague. You can't stand like this at this time, otherwise the huge impact of the forced landing will kill them both.
As soon as he returned to his seat and fastened his seat belt, the plane shook violently again, and the entire cabin once again resounded with a uniform exclamation. Yang Jing smiled bitterly and shook his head, he knew that this was the last engine of the plane that had stopped.
The originally noisy plane suddenly quieted down, and at this time the plane could only rely on inertia to glide, as for whether it could make a forced landing on the water, it really could only depend on God's face.
The Boeing 737 passenger plane has only two first-class cabins, followed by six business classes, and only Yang Jing is a first-class passenger on this flight. Therefore, at this time, Yang Jing was already ready to launch the restricted-level space-time shuttle skill at any time, as long as there was something wrong with the plane, he would immediately leave this time and space.
At this time, I can't care about being exposed or not, and saving my life comes first.
The plane was gliding quietly in the air, Yang Jing could vaguely hear the sirens sounding outside, and looked out through the porthole, and a large number of ambulances and speedboats had gathered on the ground and water not far away.
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Jenny Potts and Clark Gad, a newly married couple, were driving their car on Route 7 from Cente to Logan Boss, where they were going to leave Texas and enter Louisiana.
The temperature in Texas in March is the most suitable, and the newlywed couple drove a convertible sports car, listened to the dynamic music played by the tape recorder in the car, and looked at each other and smiled from time to time, all in infinite warmth.
Suddenly, there was a shrill roar in the sky, and Jenny, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned her head to look at the sky, and then opened her mouth in surprise and couldn't close it anymore. Mr. Gade, who was driving on the side, took the time to turn his head to look at his wife, but was frightened by his wife's surprised look, and then subconsciously looked back at the sky behind him, and then involuntarily braked suddenly.
"Oh Maiga! What is this? Is there a war?" As soon as he stopped the car, Gad saw a Boeing flying backwards whizzing over his head, although the plane was quite high above the ground, but in this position, such an upside-down plane flying at such a low altitude was obviously, very abnormal.
"Honey, there's obviously something wrong with this plane, let's go over and take a look!" Jenny said with a worried look on her face as she watched the plane fly lower and lower, "maybe we can help with anything." ”
Gade looked at his wife, nodded, and then shifted the gear, stepped on the accelerator, and the brand-new roadster let out a roar and drove quickly along the road ahead.
"Look, this plane is going to flip again! God! The pilot of this plane is crazy, this is a large passenger plane, how can it be possible to make such a fighter maneuver?" said Gad, holding the steering wheel with one hand and pointing to the passenger plane that was flipping for the second time.
Jenny next to him patted him, "You pay attention to driving, don't keep your eyes on that plane." ”
Gade stuck out his tongue, smiled at his wife, and with a flick of the steering wheel, the car pulled off State Highway 7 onto a county road. It was a no-nonsense little road, but it was flat and there were no cars, and Gad could speed up again to keep up with the flipping plane.
Crucially, the county road led directly to the shore of the Toledo Bend Reservoir, in the same direction as the plane, and as long as they drove down the road, they could see how the plane had made a forced landing.
Just then, both Gad and Jenny heard another roar behind them, followed by a black challenger roaring past their cars.
Gade smiled helplessly, the speed of this high-horsepower muscle car was not comparable to that of a convertible like theirs, and there was a newlywed wife sitting in his car, Gade didn't dare to speed up again.
Just after the challenger overtook the two young men, a high-powered motorcycle pulled two young men and roared past them, and the young man sitting in the back seat of the motorcycle lifted his helmet and mask, turned his head and shouted at Gad and Jenny, "How can you keep up with that plane at this speed?" ”
With that, the high-powered motorcycle erupted into a loud roar again, and the challenger drove forward quickly.
Jenny and Gade looked at each other again, and Jenny gritted her teeth and said, "Speed up, catch up with those two guys!"
Highway 7 was southwest-northeast, but by the time the plane flew over Gad and made a second flip, the plane's course had changed from east-west to north-south, and it was clear that the plane was trying to make a forced landing on the water.
So Gad did not hesitate to listen to his wife's words, stepped on the accelerator, and the car immediately accelerated and drove quickly forward.
However, although the two of them were speeding up, they were still overtaken by some police cars with sirens, ambulances, and fire trucks one after another, and it was clear that these vehicles were ready to go to the rescue.
And when Ged and Jenny watched the plane flip from the upside down state and return to the front flight, the altitude of the plane was only less than two thousand feet above the ground, and the most important thing was that the plane's engine stopped, and the original roaring sound disappeared immediately, and the sounds that could be heard around were those sirens.
Then, as soon as they arrived at the lake, Gad and Jenny saw the plane, which had lost any sound, flying lower and lower, and finally smashed into the lake about 500 meters away from the shore, splashing a huge wave, and then the plane began to glide on the surface of the water with the help of inertia.
Fortunately, the moment the plane fell into the water, the huge impact did not disintegrate the body, which is definitely a miracle. After all, the flight speed of the plane is very fast, and it glides down from such a high altitude, in the face of this altitude and speed, the water surface is actually about the same as the concrete ground......