Airport Meow

Chapter 254
Aziz glanced at the ground radar screen, a little helpless.

Ground-based radar monitors all aircraft moving on the ground at an airport, and is typically used during low visibility conditions, such as sandstorms.

Area controllers can use this tool to have an overview of the entire runway, visually confirming that the on-screen aircraft are exactly where they should be.

But tonight the system was broken. It was always up and down, which gave the traffic controllers a lot of headaches. They couldn't believe it, and relied more on their own experience, vision, and traffic control rules.

They have applied for repairs and upgrades, but at this point the whole world is the same, the procedures are complicated and bureaucratic, and this set of procedures will be dragged on indefinitely, unless there is an accident one day and then the decision is made overnight!
... Quandaokong DJ-1493 is only 15 kilometers away from Dibai Airport, and they have not yet obtained the landing permit from the control tower.

What they are doing now is the final preparations before the plane lands.

Bei Haiyang, "Speedbrake."

Ito, "Okay, flap position one."

Then Bei Haiyang began to contact the control tower again, "The whole island is empty 1493, requesting landing instructions."

The voice of area controller Aziz came from the tower channel, "West Wing 5006, ground... Tower."

Bei Haiyang and Ito looked at each other, a little helpless. Obviously, the area controller is very busy now and has no time to talk to them.He was too busy directing the other planes to ignore the 1493 call.

…"Spring 569 taxis to the left runway of 24 and waits in place. The plane will pass through the front field."

"Okay, take the seat on the left of 24 and wait, Spring 569."

"West wing 5006, control tower."

There was no response from 5006, which made Aziz a little confused. Where did this plane go?

... In the sky, flight 1493 is still preparing step by step.

Ito, "flaps 30, green light, spoiler on."

Bei Haiyang, "Landing gear, flaps, well, well, we are still waiting for landing permission."

The plane is still 7 kilometers away from the airport, but they have not yet obtained the landing permit, which makes both of them a little unhappy; but unhappy is not happy, and they are still in a normal state, but the time is a bit rushed.

... On the control tower, Aziz squinted his eyes, stood up half-sighed and looked out the window at the airport. There was a huge lamppost outside, shining a strong light on the airport, but from his angle, it was a bit dazzling!Can't see the slender Spring 569!

Moreover, there are still some troubles that have not been resolved.

"Sundance 518, taxi to runway 24 left, contact the ground after leaving the taxiway, point 65, good night."

He repeated, "West wing 5006, taxi across runway 24 left."

At this time, West Wing 5006 was located north of runway 24 left. It needed to cross the runway to go south, but the plane disappeared for a short time. The pilot did not respond. Aziz spent nearly a minute trying to establish a radio with 1. Contact, and then the voice of the West Wing 5006 pilot rang out.

"West wing 5006, frequency restored! Changed radio frequency, sorry."

Aziz, "5006, I heard you again, I thought you lost contact."

"Sorry, we thought so too, so sorry."

Aziz shook his head helplessly, "It's okay."

Due to operational reasons, the pilot occasionally touches the radio frequency by mistake to cause a disconnection. This is common, and he can't do anything about it, but in such a busy time period, such misunderstandings are very annoying.

"Tower, west wing 5072 is ready to take off."

"West Wing 5072?" Aziz shook his yellow head in confusion, he forgot!
"West Wing 5072, are you at 47 or the end of the runway?"

"We're at the end of the runway."

"Okay, wait."

"Received, 5072 is waiting."

Aziz began to make mistakes, various reasons, frequent accidents, he tried to focus on several large aircraft, but completely forgot that there was a Spring 24 at position 47 of runway 569 left!

And he didn't see this small plane in the quick glance just now, the ground radar is broken again!

…Bei Haiyang contacted the control tower twice in less than 1 minute, and he had to obtain permission from the area controller to land,

He continued to call, "The whole island is empty from 1493 to 24 left..."

The voice of Aziz in the channel is still dealing with other planes, "246 to 270, please approach and leave in contact, good night."

Ito reminded, "It's down to 1 feet."

Flight 1493 is still 1 minute away from the airport runway. Pilots call this "short final".

Then, their long-awaited voice came from the channel,

"Thank you, the whole island is empty 1493, and the landing is cleared to the left of 24."

Seeing Ito heaved a sigh of relief, Bei Haiyang smiled inwardly because he was still inexperienced.

"Certificate to land, 24 left, 1493."

Ito shook his head, "It looks pretty good."

Bei Haiyang, "Descent to 500 feet!"

Ito pressed the joystick, and the plane lowered steadily.

Bei Haiyang kept counting the altitude, keeping his eyes on the runway!This is what every pilot has to do when they land, and that is to make sure the runway is clear!
If it is in the daytime, the runway can be seen at a glance, of course there will be no accidents; but at night, the entire runway is covered with runway lights, and the aircraft's navigation lights are perfectly integrated with the runway lights!Can't tell the difference at all!

There should be anti-collision lights on the tail of the plane. This is a kind of colored light that can be distinguished; but the problem lies in the subtle differences in the flight process between small planes and large planes!
Large planes will turn on their anti-collision lights as soon as they land on the runway, but private small jets are not so strict in this regard. They usually turn on their anti-collision lights after they get permission to take off. It is this small difference that makes Spring 569 The entire body was submerged in the runway lights, only the navigation lights on both sides of the wings were shining, but they were submerged by the runway lights with stronger light!

Bei Haiyang has never been careless in this regard, even if he can't see clearly, he is still staring at the front, and naturally, his mental power extends forward with his gaze...

"400 feet... 300 feet... 200 feet..."

Suddenly, his eyes found a row of inconsistent light sources among the straight runway lights!

Before he had time to think, or even to speak, he pulled the joystick back almost completely into his arms; at the same time, he pushed the accelerator to the bottom with his right hand, and shouted:
"Change flap position, climb!"

Ito's reaction was not slow. He quickly retracted the flaps, restored the speedbrake, and the spoiler to the normal position. The huge aircraft roared under the suddenly increased power, and began to change its attitude with difficulty!
He pulled the rod at about 200 feet, which is less than [-] meters high; but the aircraft of several hundred tons is not something you can pull up just by pulling it up. It will continue to descend, but at a slower rate, and then pass a certain critical point Will climb again!

He yelled in the channel: "Damn! There's something on the runway!"

The plane descended even lower, and the two of them could clearly see the fuselage of the Spring 569 on the runway. Although the fuselage was small, it was still big enough to crash them!

Ito yelled, "Do you want to turn around?"

Bei Haiyang scolded: "Turn your ass! Do you turn round when you see small stones on the highway?"

(End of this chapter)