Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 331 One Second Before Landing!
Alpine Weiss Peak is hailed by many climbers as the most beautiful mountain in the Alps, because its shape is very similar to Alpamayu, which is known as the most beautiful mountain in the world.

On the mountainside of Weiss Peak, at an altitude of 930 meters, there is a world-famous natural ski resort.After simple artificial protection, there are more than 200 ski trails here, and the only high-end resort here is located not far from the ski resort.

This manor is not large in scale, and it is a membership system, with its own exclusive ski spot.

The manor building occupies the only large-scale platform in the vicinity. From a distance, it seems to be embedded in the mountain, which seems unreal.

However, the main body of the original manor has been covered by heavy snow, and it is white, only some sporadic building parts can be seen.

There is a runway less than 200 meters away from the manor, and there is a simple tower in between.Originally, under such weather conditions, no aircraft would take off or land at all, but at this time, in addition to a controller, there were two people standing in the control tower. They were Rolls-Royce President Alandy Dickens and British Airways President Ashley Stuart.

The tower monitoring room, which was supposed to keep the temperature at 23 degrees, is now like an icehouse.Ailandi and Isiris were both wearing thick, warm down jackets, but their trembling bodies from time to time showed that they were suffering from the extreme cold.

Erandy is a man with a well-groomed beard and hair. He looks like he is in his 40s, but he is in bad shape now, with messy hair and a little beard.

"Munich told us when it took off. Counting the time, it should be here now. Why haven't you come yet?" Alandi looked up at the sky, but in the foggy sky, apart from the suffocating sense of oppression, He can't get any other feelings.

People outside said that a plane full of supplies would arrive around this time, but now that time has passed, there is no sign of the plane at all.

"How can this kind of thing be accurate?" British Airways President Ashley has a bearded face and an extremely muscular body, even the relatively loose down jacket is packed to the brim: "However, I still know the pilot who is coming. "

"Is that Xu Cang? I know him." Alandi's lips were covered with thin frost, and his face turned pale, which was a sign of hypothermia: "We have cooperated with him, He's great and maybe our only hope."

"He refused before, but now he agrees again, so I feel he should be confident." Asiris also looked at the sky while speaking: "Our company's flight 531 had an accident not long ago, Boeing The wing of the 777 broke, and he ended up falling. From a purely technical point of view, if he can't do it, maybe no one can."

"But the conditions he proposed"

"It's still acceptable, isn't it? One-tenth of the assets, given enough turnaround time." Asiris said, his voice gradually lowered, and he glanced at the controller not far in front: "If the plane lands in a while Yes, those manor workers."

"It's okay, there are some self-defense items in the supplies they prepared, we don't have to worry about those people using force."

Achilles' eyes brightened: "It's still you who are thoughtful."

"The problem now is not these, but whether Xu Cang can land the plane." Ai Randi's expression became more and more worried: "Actually, compared to technical or meteorological reasons, I am more worried about other things."

Isiris was stunned: "What?"

"That's right." Alandi's expression was cold, colder than the ice and snow outside: "It seems that some people don't want us to go back."

Asiris shuddered, and immediately understood what Ailandi was worried about?
Whether it is a rich man or an executive, as long as they cannot come back, it means a huge inheritance and vacant positions.At this time, family or friendship may not be able to withstand the test.

"You mean that some people can do things?" Asiris said like a raging lion, "They dare!"

In the end, Acilis' voice was uncontrollable, which startled the controller in front.

It's not that Isiris can't control his emotions, but that he realizes that this is not unfounded worry, but will actually happen, and the probability is not small.

"What if...yes?" Ai Randi looked a little nervous, after all, this is a direct issue related to his life.

Achilles' body kept shaking, and he didn't know whether it was because of the cold or something else.

Suddenly, there were some ripples in the viscous layered sky.The controller first observed this, and immediately stood up: "Here we come!"

The conversation between Aisiris and Ai Randi was cut off, and the two followed the controller's gaze and looked up, but they couldn't see anything except the gloomy sky.

"Can you see it on the radar?" Elendy asked as he walked behind the controller.

"We don't have air traffic control radar." The controller looked around anxiously. He clearly saw some movement in the sky just now.

Alsiris was already anxious and flustered, especially after being exposed to a certain possibility, the instinct to survive became even more urgent.He looked at the instruments in front of the controller, not to mention the radar, except for some simple communication equipment, there was nothing else at all: "Can't you install an air traffic control radar?"

Moreover, the terrible thing is that the radio used for land and air conversations was also disabled due to the heavy snow accumulation not long ago.Now this tower can not do anything except give some light signals or semaphore signals, as well as climbing high and looking into the distance.

This annoyed Alsiris very much. If there was an air traffic control radar, wouldn't it be clear where the plane is now?As for being in fear at the control tower now?
"But." The controller really didn't know how to answer this question: "Many regional airports don't have air traffic control radar."

A complete set of air traffic control radar system is very expensive, and only relatively large-scale airports can use it, while slightly fewer airports can only carry out procedural control, and air traffic control radar is not used at all.Not to mention a pocket airport like Manor Airport, even having a control tower here is not bad, and some airports of the same level as it do not even have a control tower.

For such an airport without a tower, the aircraft will fly along the standard approach procedure, and then periodically report its position on the corresponding frequency to remind other aircraft to avoid.

In fact, with the size of Manor Airport, this kind of spontaneous approach or departure is the most cost-effective form, after all, the air traffic here is not high.

Therefore, it is quite a luxury to have a control tower here, and it is wishful thinking for Esiris to even want to install an air traffic control radar system.

"Then what to do now, there is no radar, and neither is radio."

Asiris was about to give a lecture to the controller, but Erandy suddenly found a vortex in the dead sky, and then a white dot pierced through it.

"coming!"

Asiris was taken aback, and he didn't care about arguing with the controller, but stared at the sky for a long time.

Soon, the white dot gradually enlarged, revealing the shape of an airplane.

"It's really coming!" Achilles' eyes were red with excitement, and he quickly patted the controller on the back: "Look for the light, look for the light, where is the light?"

Now the radio equipment on the tower side has completely failed.It's not that there are no relevant maintenance personnel here, but that there is a lack of heating and insulation measures. Not long ago, the maintenance staff who tried to repair the radio was directly frostbitten, and no one went there after that.

In the current external environment, you can only stay outside for fifteen to twenty-ten minutes at most. If there is more, there is a very high risk of frostbite.

Now that the radio cannot be counted on, it is necessary to find an alternative. Light signals and semaphore signals are more common alternatives.The back-up at the airport here is lights, and that's what Isiris was looking for.

"Here, here!" The controller hastily dug out a portable lamp from a cabinet.This portable lamp is quite big, and the diameter of the lamp surface is much longer than the palm of an adult.

The controller blew on the gray stains on the lantern. The lantern had never been used since it was purchased, and this time it was a first.

"Do you know how to use it?" Ashris asked.

The controller blushed: "Just give them a green light, and I'll forget the rest."

The steady green light signaled that it was possible to land and was one of the few light signals controllers can now remember.

The controller searched for a while on the lantern and confirmed the switch: "Leave now?"

"Let's go!" Achilles tightened his hat, and said to Ailandi: "I'll go out with him, you can just stay here."

"Pay attention to the time!"

Asiris nodded: "15 minutes is enough!"

Judging from the visual distance, if there is no accident, the plane will definitely land within 15 minutes.If not, it must have been an accident.

The controller took off the coat from the hanger and wrapped it around his body. The whole person was wrapped like a rice dumpling, but he still couldn't resist the cold outside.He looked at his watch, confirmed his departure time, and touched the lantern: "Let's go?"

Asiris wiped his face: "Let's go!"

After speaking, he opened another small door of the control room.This door is not the entrance and exit of the tower, but the place where the tower and the small platform next to it are located.There is also an open-air platform with a width of about 1.5 meters outside the control tower, where they will give Xu Cang's plane a light signal.

With the opening of the small door, violent cold wind poured in, and Isiris, who was near the door, was the first to bear the brunt, and was blown unsteadily.

Asiris is strong and strong, and he was almost blown down without preparation, which shows how strong the wind is.

Ai Randi's face was solemn. He noticed this detail and couldn't help but worry about the plane in the sky.He is different from the simple administrative staff of Isiris, Ai Randi has some professional knowledge of flight, and the current wind force in this field definitely exceeds the wind speed limit of the CS300 aircraft, and it is not beyond 01:30.

Under such circumstances, whether to drop the plane or land on the runway covered with thick ice and snow is an extreme test of the pilot's skills.

"Xu Cang, everything depends on you."

Asiris subconsciously covered his hat, and the exposed skin on his face seemed to be scratched by a knife. However, Asiris didn't react too much, but turned around and slapped the controller. Gesture, then bowed his head and walked outside.

The controller's clothes were nowhere near as warm as Isiris's, and when blown by the strong wind, he only felt a bone-chilling chill.But seeing Asiris go out, he couldn't control it anymore, he rushed out and followed Asiris.

As soon as the controller came out, he only felt the cold wind penetrate through the gaps in his clothes, driving away the only bit of warmth on his body.He wiped the snot coming out of his nose, and frantically started to find the switch on the lantern, but suddenly, he noticed that there was something strange about Achilles standing in front of him.

"Mr. Stuart, is there a question?"

Stuart is the surname of Isiris, his full name is Isiris Stuart.

I saw Aciris raised his finger and pointed to the distance, with a hint of doubt in his words: "Where are they flying?"

"What?" The controller was startled, looked up, and found that the plane representing hope was not coming towards the airport at all: "How could this be?"

The cockpit of the B1437 aircraft was in an extremely unstable state due to the violent shaking of the aircraft itself, and even the voice of Xu Cang and Richard's previous conversation could not stop shaking.

"I asked you to carry the stick, not so rough." Richard roared, the plane had already borne a heavy load, and Xu Cang reached the position in one step, almost bringing the side stick to the end up.

Such a rough operation caused the plane to produce an extremely high-frequency obvious vibration, which was also mixed with the sound of metal tearing.The load this kind of operation brings to the fuselage is unimaginable, and the fuselage may be broken into two pieces on the spot.

"Now that we've done it, let's do it in one step!" Due to the violent vibrations in the cockpit, Xu Cang could hardly grasp the side stick. Determined.

"Hold on, hold on!" Xu Cang shouted in his heart, this is the only thing he can do now.

Suddenly, there was a creaking sound around the cockpit.As Xu Cang, who had experienced the British Airways flight 531 incident, he was very familiar with this voice.

And Richard also realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "Put some, put some!"

"It can't be released anymore, pay attention to N2, pay attention to N2, adjust the thrust." Xu Cang shouted.

"Damn it, you're really betting your life!" It was indeed Richard who proposed to take the pole, but Richard couldn't accept such a rough one.

However, the effect brought by Xu Cang's rough operation is also extremely obvious, that is, the speed of the plane is like the water that opens the gate, and the speed is less than [-] knots in just a few seconds.

However, just for a few seconds, Richard felt like he was dancing on the tip of a knife.

As the speed of the plane dropped rapidly, N2, which had not moved at all, finally began to increase. Richard first noticed this situation, and immediately roared excitedly: "Move, move, N2 is moving!"

As long as there is movement at the beginning, the subsequent engine start will be done in one go, and then N1 will start to respond and start to rise slowly.

Earlier, Xu Cang asked Richard to pay attention to N2 and adjust the thrust. Richard remembered this sentence, and he was waiting quietly to see the timing of adjusting N1.

Now the engine has not been started yet, it is necessary to wait for the engine to stabilize before starting to move the thrust handle.

However, Richard quickly noticed a problem, that is, they did not seem to be flying towards the airport: "Xu Cang, there is a problem with our approach direction, wrong, wrong!"

According to the predetermined plan, they should be flying towards runway 09, which should be facing due east, but now their flying direction is facing southeast, with an included angle of more than [-] degrees.

Xu Cang was still wearing the pole at the moment, he could only feel the blood in his upper body being drawn away, and his lower limbs and calves were swollen like a balloon about to burst, which was extremely uncomfortable.

However, when he heard Richard's voice, he allocated part of his energy to look outside, and he saw that the approach direction of the plane and the actual five sides showed a very obvious angle.

However, when he wanted to correct it, he suddenly found that black borders began to appear around his vision.Those black borders spread towards the middle as if they were alive, Xu Cang's visible field of vision became smaller and smaller, and finally there was only a tiny circle left, and he almost couldn't see where the airport was.

"Richard, I can't see, I can't see!" Xu Cang roared, his right hand directly grabbed Richard's left wrist, full of panic.

"What?" Richard's first reaction at the time was not that there was a problem with Xu Cang's eyes, but that he thought it was a problem with the visibility of the outside world. But when he looked outside again, he could clearly see the airport accurately.

However, Richard's reaction was quick, and he immediately realized the problem: "Black and black vision!?"

Richard was from the Air Force and flew fighter jets, so he had a better understanding of the Black Vision situation.This is relatively easy to appear on models with strong maneuverability, and rarely appears on civil aviation airliners.

Just now Xu Cang took the lever too hard, which not only caused a strong G-value load on the fuselage, but also on the people in it.

It was Xu Cang's slap of the stick that forced Xu Cang's blood from his upper body to his lower limbs, resulting in cerebral ischemia and short-term hypoxia of the optic nerve, which affected his vision.

"No, he hasn't received anti-G training!" Richard's face changed drastically. He received relevant training when he was young, and he also exercised frequently after retiring. His physical fitness is not bad, so the feeling is much lighter than Xu Cang's.

"Xu Cang, you are black-eyed, take the manipulation, take the manipulation!"

Fortunately, the G value has almost returned to normal now, as long as a certain amount of time is given, Xu Cang's black vision will improve on its own.Unfortunately, though, they don't have that time now.

In any case, under the black-vision situation, Xu Cang's vision is greatly restricted and he can't control it at all, so he can only let Richard control it.

Xu Cang probably also guessed his own situation, and after Richard's confirmation, he basically confirmed this point.

The prognosis of blacksight is very good, as long as it is not too serious, there will be basically no sequelae, but the problem is that now he can't see, what about the plane?
"Richard, can you fall?" Xu Cang had no choice but to put down the side stick. At this time, being brave is courting death.

Richard's head was covered with sweat: "I'll try, I'll try!"

As soon as Richard took over the manipulation, he could feel the pressure of Xu Cang's manipulation just now.They are actually in the inner circle of the cyclone. Compared with the outer airflow of the cyclone, the airflow is a little more stable, but in this case, Richard still feels that there is an extremely high pressure on the control.

The only good news is that the two engines have started as expected, and with the power support, the plane is no longer like a lone leaf in the wind like before.

"How far is it now?"

Richard had been exhausted from manipulating a lot of energy. Under Xu Cang's urging, he allocated some energy to look at the instrument: "Eight nautical miles, there are still eight nautical miles."

"Correct the direction, lower the landing gear, lower the landing gear!" Xu Cang shouted immediately: "With the landing gear lowered, you will be able to maneuver more easily."

"But the gauge speed is still too high!" Richard yelled, "The landing gear won't come down."

The speed of the CS300 with the landing gear extended is 270 knots, but now after deceleration, the aircraft still has an gauge speed of more than 340 knots. Under such circumstances, the impact of the airflow will prevent the release of the landing gear.

"What is the true speed?"

"180 knots!"

"Then throttle slowly, slow down, slow down!"

Richard was sweating profusely: "The throttle is turned off, I can't control the plane!"

Due to the turbulence, Richard cannot always ensure that the plane does not have an angle with the final side.Although Xu Cang calculated very well and the direction of the wind at this moment is very positive, but because the wind is too strong, as long as there is a slight angle, it means a huge drift, which will intensify the generation of the drift, a vicious circle.

If you can maintain a relatively large throttle, then the aircraft has a lot of energy, which is the so-called "powerful", and it will be more comfortable to control.

However, if the throttle is turned off, the deceleration will be very fast, but the aircraft is soft and has no strength, so the control feedback will be much weaker.

For Richard, now is his limit, if you make it harder, his strings will not be able to stretch.

Therefore, many things are different in theory and reality. The approach condition of low ground speed seems to be operable due to the large headwind, but in fact, the stability of the final approach cannot be controlled.

"damn it!"

Xu Cang could only see a small circle in his field of vision, and the quality of his field of vision was still very low, blurry, as if shrouded in a layer of fog, basically equivalent to a blind person.

Richard looked at the airspeed that was stabilizing on the edge of the limit speed, and at the rapidly decreasing DME value. If this continues, they will die.

Eight nautical miles is actually quite a short distance for a high speed of more than 300 knots, and there is no time for him to hesitate.

So, Richard gritted his teeth, turned off the accelerator, and started to increase the pitch attitude at the same time.

However, he didn't take the stick like Xu Cang. Now they are in the approach phase. According to the height-to-distance ratio, they want to maintain a relatively stable glide track, even if it is a relatively low rate of descent.

However, at this power setting, it is enough to slow down the aircraft.

Soon, when the speed of the plane decreased to below [-] knots, Richard hardly waited, and immediately lowered the handle of the landing gear.With the sound of the release of the landing gear, the plane first raised its head slightly, and then the speed continued to decrease like mercury pouring down the ground.

Moreover, as Xu Cang said, after the landing gear was lowered, the plane was indeed a little more stable on the yaw.Not enough, even so, Richard is manipulating like walking on eggshells.

"Yes, yes, Xu Cang, I seem to be able to fall!"

As the altitude decreases, the wind force is continuously weakened by the terrain.After Richard reduced the speed to 210 knots gauge, he stopped slowing down.

Previously, the flaps on both sides were all damaged. This time they need to land without flaps, and the speed will appear to be relatively high.However, judging from the ground speed, the plane's ground speed is less than [-] knots, which is obviously in line with Xu Cang's expectations. Such a ground speed can keep the landing distance within a very small value.

At an altitude of [-] feet, Richard seemed to be more confident at this moment. He survived the initial difficulties, and now the plane has become more and more stable.

"Land down immediately!" Richard reminded Xu Cang.

At an altitude of [-] feet, Richard could already see the whole runway. Even though it was covered by heavy snow, the lamp post on the final approach could still indicate the center line of the runway.

Victory is at hand!

However, just as Richard was about to land, a sudden change occurred, and the nose of the plane fell uncontrollably.

"Not good, stalled?"

PS · It was originally landed today, but a little accident happened, so tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)