Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 379 Beheading!

In the evening at Jianchuan Airport, the fog that dissipated in the afternoon began to condense again as the temperature dropped. Under the dim light of the setting sun, the entire airport was shrouded in a pale yellow mist.

In the cockpit of flight 9111 in spring and summer, the captain just came back from the flight, and there was still a little moisture in his hair. He patted his clothes up and entered the cockpit. The first officer was testing the GPWS system. Take a look.

"Can you see clearly from the outside?"

"I can't even see a ghost, and I almost ran into the maintenance just now." The captain pulled his hair, hoping to let the hair dry faster, otherwise it would be a bit uncomfortable if he didn't do it halfway.

The co-pilot adjusted the back of the seat, put down the armrest, and lay down very comfortably: "Is the visibility five meters?"

"Almost." While folding the reflective vest, the captain pointed to the right side of the windshield: "Can you see the tower?"

If the visibility is sufficient, the tower should be on the right side of the nose, but this time the co-pilot looked in the direction pointed, but it was foggy and could not see anything.

"It's true that you can't even see ghosts."

"If the tower can't see it, then the plane won't be able to land." The captain put the reflective vest into the flight case: "The airport is a damn place, and the fog won't clear when it's formed. It's ridiculously tight. Just now I was on the airport expressway. At that time, the vision was obviously good, but as soon as we passed the airport toll gate, the visibility began to decrease, and when we got to the airport, it became the ghost we are now."

The captain cursed: "The people who did the airport site selection at the beginning should be arrested, and it will be judged whether the expenses for the survey everywhere were used in the right way."

The co-pilot laughed loudly: "How many years, still not used to it? It's only the end of August now, wait until November and February, that's when the fog will be high, tsk tsk tsk, fly low every day and see."

Thinking that winter would be here in a few months, the captain couldn't help but cursed: "These corrupt bastards."

The fog problem at Jianchuan Airport is a serious problem, and it has been complained by the crew all the year round.However, the airport was already here, and they couldn't move it away, so they could only hold back their grievances, which made the crew very unhappy.

Turn on the light test switch, the cockpit is immediately red and green, and all the lights are on.The captain leaned back and scanned the various lights in the cockpit to see if any bulbs were out.

While looking at it, he asked: "The vertical visibility in this field is not good right now, we have to take off to the alternate landing field."

"I know that the take-off and landing airports in the clearance list are Rongfu and Qianzhou. I just asked for the METAR messages of the two airports, and they are all CAVOK. The weather is very good."

The take-off and landing field is not necessary, and it is generally only available when the field does not meet the landing conditions.

The weather conditions for the takeoff and landing of the plane are different. Sometimes it can take off, but it cannot land.If there is a problem with the plane flying together at this time, and it is impossible to return to the field due to weather conditions, it is necessary to take off to an alternate landing field.

Information about the take-off alternate, en-route alternate and destination alternate will be marked on the release form.Generally, there is only one take-off and landing field, but I don’t know what the release of Spring Airlines means, and it has given two take-off and landing fields.

The take-off and landing sites are not randomly selected with your eyes closed. It is necessary to ensure that the weather meets the normal landing standards at the time of take-off and for a period of time thereafter.

The weather at Rongfu Airport and Qianzhou Airport is good now, but there may be a tendency for the two places to turn worse, so the release desk simply gives two options, and you can choose the best at that time.

"Unfortunately, Rongfu and Qianzhou Airport don't have such a serious fog problem, so they still want to be the southwest hub?" The captain began to complain endlessly: "By the way, did you contact the release just now?"

The co-pilot seemed to be a down-to-earth jolly person, smiling all the time: "I'll contact you as soon as I get up."

"What does RVR say in this field?"

In the weather standard of actual aviation operation, visibility VIS and runway visual range RVR are two completely different concepts.Normally, if there is data report of runway visual range, then the data of runway visual range shall be used first.

"Can you believe it, the RVR in this game is 350/300/400."

Hearing this data, the captain was stunned for a moment, pointing to the foggy scene outside: "Can this TMRVR be so high?"

Just now, the captain was doing a walk-around inspection below. When he walked under the tail, he could hardly see the horizontal and vertical tails clearly when he looked up. He pondered for a long time there.

In terms of visibility, the average RVR can exceed 300?

The captain is 1 people who don't believe it.

The co-pilot smiled: "The RVR measuring equipment in this field is on the edge of the runway. They measure the runway visual range on the other side of the runway, not on the apron. The fog on our apron is very heavy, and the other side of the runway is very foggy. It’s much better to say the least.”

"It's only a few hundred meters away from the runway, and the visibility is so bad. There's something evil about this airport." The captain went around and couldn't help but curse again. address.

Among the large airports in the country, it is the first time that the fog problem is as serious as Jianchuan Airport.

"So, I'll say." The captain was about to complain, when the half of the purser leaned in from the outside: "Captain, there is an extra crew."

"Huh?" The captain turned his head and glanced at the task book clipped at the entrance: "No, there is no crew added in the task book?"

"He didn't have a boarding pass, so his name couldn't be put on it."

The captain frowned: "If you don't have a boarding pass to add any crew, you can't even go through the security check."

The purser probably saw this situation for the first time: "It's like this. He bought an internal waiting ticket through the company. However, this flight is overbooked, so it stands to reason that he can't get on. However, our company Mr. Lu, the vice president of operations, wrote a letter of permission, saying that the company's AOC will call you later."

Not long ago, Lu Jinghua had been promoted from the general manager of the flight department to the vice president of operations.In terms of identity, the vice president of operations is the representative of the carrier, which is equivalent to obtaining the permission of the carrier.

"Permission, what permission?"

The purser said: "Permission to let him enter the cockpit, isn't there an observer's seat behind you?"

"Observation." The captain was stunned, and then suddenly realized: "It's such a big circle just to let him come up."

According to the purser, this person does not have a boarding pass, so he cannot be regarded as a real flight crew, so in principle, he cannot enter the cockpit.

However, in some special cases, even non-flight personnel can enter the cockpit, that is, with the permission of the company's carrier, that is, the highest person in charge of the company's flight system, the vice president of operations.

That's why Lu Jinghua gave such permission.

It can only be said that this person's relationship is a bit hard. In order to make the trip possible, the vice president of operations was directly asked to come forward.

The purser showed a trace of doubt: "I don't know, I haven't seen it."

"Not from the company?"

The fleet of Spring and Summer Airlines is not big, and to be reasonable, it should basically be known.

"It's from our company's aviation school." The chief purser murmured, "Is it a student from the aviation school? Our company is recruiting students from the aviation school?"

"I heard that a group of students were recruited from the Phoenix Aviation School." The co-pilot interjected: "If you are in the aviation school, you can't apply for a boarding pass, so that makes sense. It’s so big that the vice president of operations can help.”

The captain laughed: "Which son of a family has come to experience life?"

As he spoke, he asked the purser, "Where's the person?"

"Over the covered bridge, let him in?"

"Come in and say a few words."

"Ok."

The purser left the cockpit, and a man in a white shirt came in not long after. It was Xu Mingjian.

Xu Mingjian seemed a little cautious, and when he entered the cockpit, he nodded and bowed to greet the captain and co-pilot.Although he is the lowest in rank, but in appearance, Xu Mingjian is the oldest.

After all, he had been doing field affairs for a long time before, so it was quite hard.

Seeing Xu Mingjian's dark skin, he looks like a man in his 30s, and he doesn't seem to be a young man.Moreover, this simple-minded person doesn't seem to have any background.

Although the captain also heard that Lu Jinghua has a good temper, but this is too easy to talk about, so he is so helpful?

"Are you going to Hanjing, go home?"

Flight 9111 is from Jianchuan to Hanjing.There was only one flight a day before, and it took off in the morning.Now I added an evening shift, took off in the evening, and landed after one o'clock in the evening, which is relatively late.

"No, no, I'm going to take the test." Xu Mingjian hurriedly said, "I can't take the ground test for instrument rating here, so I can only go to Hanjing to take the test."

"To the headquarters?"

"Yes, there is a test center over there."

"Oh, that's it." The captain nodded without asking any further questions, and pointed to the observer's folding chair: "You can put it down and sit in a while."

Then, he patted the co-pilot: "You will teach him how to put it down later, and how to use the oxygen mask."

The observer seat is also equipped with an oxygen mask. This kind of emergency procedure must be taught in advance, just like the cabin also needs to demonstrate the emergency procedure before takeoff.

The co-pilot smiled: "Okay, wait a while for the passenger, I'll teach him again."

Now if the observer seat is put down, it will be used as the entrance and exit of the cockpit. If the captain or co-pilot wants to go out for convenience or something, it will be very troublesome.

Therefore, the observer seat is usually put down after waiting for the boarding of passengers and making sure that they cannot go out.

Xu Mingjian quickly thanked him with an extremely sincere attitude, which made the captain and co-pilot feel a little embarrassed.

In any case, Xu Mingjian's ability to get the permission of the vice president of operation must have something to do with it.But this is the case, and he is still so polite. This attitude makes the captain very satisfied.

Xu Mingjian used to do ground operations, although they were also civil aviation-related jobs, but unlike maintenance, they normally couldn't get into the plane.

Apart from occasionally being a passenger, it was the first time for Xu Mingjian to enter the cockpit and observe the instruments of the 737 so closely.

So, as soon as the conversation was over, Xu Mingjian looked at the cockpit curiously, his eyes sparkling.

The captain noticed Xu Mingjian's expression and said with a smile, "This is your first time coming in?"

"Yes, Captain. It's my first time coming in, and I'm a little curious."

Xu Mingjian This really belongs to Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, everything is new.

The captain had a good impression of Xu Mingjian. He checked the time and found that there were still about ten minutes before boarding the passenger, which was plenty of time, so he said to the co-pilot, "Move the seat and let him come up and sit and feel the experience."

"Okay, then I'll sit in the back."

With that said, the co-pilot unfastened the seat belt at his waist, pulled the seat away, and left first, making room for Xu Mingjian.

When passing Xu Mingjian, he even patted Xu Mingjian on the shoulder: "Go up and sit down, feel the feeling."

Xu Mingjian was so excited, even though he was still on the ground, but being able to sit in the passenger seat, the feeling was really different.

"Thank you, Captain, thank you." Xu Mingjian did not object. This kind of opportunity is quite rare, especially under the premise of whether he can complete all the courses of the aviation school.

To be honest, it is a fluke for Xu Mingjian to complete the private photo course, and he still has the opportunity to far surpass others.At the Phoenix Aviation School, some students of Spring and Summer Airlines have already been dismissed from training. They only have two chances. If they perform poorly for a long time, they will be evaluated by the senior instructors of the aviation school. second chance.If the follow-up does not improve, it will be dismissed from training.

To be honest, according to Xu Mingjian's performance, it is enough for him to withdraw from training two or three times.

Relying on more opportunities and better teaching, Xu Mingjian barely passed the private photo and entered the stage of appearance grade.

However, Xu Mingjian himself has no idea whether he can pass the subsequent stage of appearance level and commercial license.Even though Xu Cang had great patience with him, Xu Mingjian knew in his heart that if it was really too bad, maybe even he couldn't accept it.

Moreover, some students in the aviation school have already complained about the opportunities Xu Mingjian got.In the future, these people will be his colleagues. If he still relies on Xu Cang's relationship to survive, then even if he finally learns and gets to the airline, he will be greeted with pointing and pointing rumors.

Such a career is not what Xu Mingjian wants to see.

He is grateful to Xu Cang for everything he has done, and when it reaches a certain point, he will leave quietly.

Xu Mingjian sat in the co-pilot's seat excitedly. The co-pilot originally planned to sit in the cabin, but after thinking about it, he didn't leave. He just sat on the seat behind the captain and looked at Xu Mingjian with interest.

As soon as Xu Mingjian sat down, he immediately became interested in the safety belt.

The pilot's seat belt is different from the passenger's seat belt. It is a five-point type, that is, there are five belts.

"This one is different from the one in the small plane." Xu Mingjian thought about the seat belt, very excited.He knew what a passenger's seat belt looked like, and naturally it was different.However, this is not the same as in a small plane, it is more complicated.

"You get what you pay for." The captain lifted the seat belt at his waist: "There are two belts, two shoulder belts, and a crotch belt. You try to buckle the belt first, and insert it from the round side. go in."

The belt is very similar to the seat belt of ordinary passengers. Xu Mingjian fastened the safety belt under the instructions of the captain: "So it is like this."

"Then there is the crotch belt, the crotch belt is down." The captain was still talking, and suddenly felt a bright light in the thick fog on the left, and under the light, the reflection of the fog became more and more obvious.

The light was so strong that the captain couldn't help squinting his eyes: "What's going on, I'm almost blind."

"There are taxiways J and K in front of us, it seems to be the plane on K." The co-pilot pondered.

The place where they are staying now is a remote stand, and the direction of the nose is perpendicular to the two taxiways J and K.Of the two taxiways, K is the main taxiway, next to the runway and as long as the runway.

Only part of the J taxiway can be used, and now the J taxiway is next to the nose of the aircraft. The section where the J taxiway enters the apron is basically not used, because when the parking stand was designed, there was a design flaw, which caused the wings of the aircraft taxiing on the J taxiway to collide with the aircraft on the apron.

Therefore, only aircraft with a wingspan of less than 30 meters can pass on taxiway J.Now, the wingspan of mainstream large passenger aircraft basically exceeds this value, so naturally they will not use J taxiway.

Therefore, the first officer guessed that the aircraft coming from the left was on taxiway K.

The captain thought so too, but he still couldn't stop his desire to complain: "It's so bright, so they turned on the landing headlights, right? High beam dog!"

The co-pilot was very happy to hear that, the captain didn't say anything else, his mouth was very broken, basically he didn't stop and kept talking.

Telling the truth like this has advantages and disadvantages. The captain’s mouth is too loose, and it is easy to miss some key information, but the co-pilot prefers this, because the cockpit will not be too dull and it is easy to communicate.

"Are the headlights of 737 so bright?" Xu Mingjian also glanced to the left, not to mention that it was really bright, he could only half-squint his eyes and couldn't look straight at all.

The co-pilot stretched his head and glanced to the left, and couldn't help being surprised: "The lights are not so bright when they are fully turned on. Why are the lights of the plane so bright? I remember that the K taxiway is still a little distance away from us."

If the plane is on the nearest J taxiway, the distance is very close and the light is sufficient.But the plane should be on taxiway K, which is a little farther away. After some distance, it is still so bright under the cover of dense fog, which is really outrageous.

Suddenly, the co-pilot said, "Could it be on taxiway J?"

"No way, there are large airliners with a wingspan of less than 30 meters? The lights of business jets aren't so bright?" the captain frowned.

The co-pilot had a strange expression on his face: "I mean"

"Wait a minute." The captain also thought of a possibility, and immediately switched the radio transmitter to the VHF one, and was about to press the call button, but the co-pilot stopped him: "Wrong, wrong Yes, this is release."

"Oh, sorry, what's the ground frequency?"

"128.75."

The captain hummed and hurriedly adjusted the ground frequency.However, in a short time, the light became stronger and stronger, like the sun, under the reflection of the mist, it almost illuminated the entire surrounding.

"No, no, it's too close, too close, definitely not on K." The captain's expression changed suddenly, just as his right hand adjusted the ground frequency, the light had already illuminated the entire cockpit.

"It's too late!" The captain knew at this time that it was too late to notify through the ground frequency.

The plane was already too close, so I said for no reason, the crew of the plane coming over probably had to react, and the reaction time was enough to hit it.

Not to mention, if there is no reaction.

"Let's go!" The captain made a decisive decision, roared, and turned on all the lights of his own plane, in order to make the opponent's plane aware and stop the plane.

However, if a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, the cockpit must not be kept.

After yelling, the captain immediately wanted to unbuckle his seat belt.However, to be honest, this situation also made the captain a little flustered, and he didn't unbuckle his seat belt immediately.

However, the captain didn't waste too much time on the seat belt. He untied his belt after he stabilized his hand a little. Just as he was about to leave, he heard a terrified voice beside him: "Captain, how do you solve this?"

The captain was taken aback for a moment, and the hairs all over his body stood on end. He saw Xu Mingjian pulling on his safety belt, and he couldn't take it off no matter what.

The way to untie the pilot's seat belt is different from that of ordinary passengers. Xu Mingjian has no way to untie it, and it is absolutely impossible to untie it.Moreover, Xu Mingjian also realized that the danger was coming, and the more anxious he became, the more he panicked.

"Don't move, I'm coming! Captain, come out!" At this time, the co-pilot stepped forward, let the captain come out first, and bent down to get close to Xu Mingjian, trying to help him take off his seat belt.

However, the Boeing cockpit was still too cramped, and the co-pilot didn't even have a place to step forward. In a hurry, he stepped directly on the center console.

However, the plane on the left was approaching, and the cockpit was so white that the co-pilot couldn't open his eyes.

"It's too late! Back up!" The captain was actually about to leave, but seeing that the co-pilot couldn't unbuckle Xu Mingjian's seat belt for a while, he pushed the co-pilot back and reached out to someone under Xu Mingjian's seat. A small hand pressed, and then shouted at Xu Mingjian: "Lean back!"

Xu Mingjian was taken aback for a moment, but his reaction was fast enough. He tried his best to lie back, and the back of the chair leaned back all of a sudden. He was half lying on the seat.

After helping Xu Mingjian, the captain immediately adjusted the seat himself and lay down.

Almost two seconds after the captain and Xu Mingjian lay down, the wingtip of a plane directly hit the windshield of the nose and cut in from the left window, sticking to the faces of the captain and Xu Mingjian, from Right side window cut out.

The captain was a little bit luckier, and escaped any danger.But the frame of the windshield that was broken by the wing flew over and hit Xu Mingjian's left eye socket. Immediately, blood flowed profusely, and Xu Mingjian passed out directly.

In Erhai City, on the slope near the Chunxia aviation base building, Xu Cang and Lu Jinghua walked side by side.

"What's the situation?"

Lu Jinghua said anxiously: "The preliminary investigation is that the plane of Chengdu Airlines slipped down the wrong route in low visibility. It was supposed to be on the K taxiway, but ended up on the J taxiway."

"Taxiway J? The one with the wingspan limit?"

"Yes, that's it." Lu Jinghua nodded and said, "The right wing tip of the Rongcheng Airlines 320 directly cut through the upper part of the nose of our plane, and the plane was seriously damaged."

Xu Cang's eyelids twitched: "Where are the personnel, are there any casualties?"

"There were three people in the cockpit at the time. The captain and co-pilot were all fine, but one crew member was hit by the windshield frame and lost a lot of blood. He is now being rescued at the airport hospital."

Xu Cang's footsteps stopped suddenly: "Rescue? Who is it?"

Could it be that he has committed a bloody disaster recently, why is he seeing blood around him all the time?

Not long ago, he just came over from the Medical Department of Jianchuan Airport, why was someone sent him in again.

"Xu Mingjian." Lu Jinghua glanced at Xu Cang, "It's the one you instructed me to take care of."

Xu Cang took a breath: "Xu Mingjian!"

Xu Cang's face changed suddenly, this person must not have any accidents, the involvement is too great.

"Let's go to Jianchuan."

"Xu Cang, the visibility in Jianchuan is very poor now, and the plane cannot land."

Xu Cang hardly hesitated: "There is fog at Jianchuan Airport, and it won't clear for a while. Since the plane can't land, let's go by land."

"Do you drive at night?" Lu Jinghua frowned and said, "It's already midnight when we get there. Xu Cang, why don't we go tomorrow. By noon, the fog should clear."

"No, I have to go and have a look. If there is no problem, I will come back at noon tomorrow."

"Will this be too tiring?"

What Xu Cang did was almost spinning, Lu Jinghua was afraid that his body would not be able to bear it.

"It's okay." Xu Cang waved his hand, and accelerated his pace: "I'll take a nap in the car for a while. I don't know how to drive. You go to the team to adjust the car and find a reliable driver."

Seeing that Xu Cang had made up his mind, Lu Jinghua couldn't persuade him anymore: "I know, I'll do it."

The two walked quickly to the gate of the company. Xu Cang went to change some clothes. He was still wearing formal clothes. This kind of clothes was uncomfortable and not suitable for long-term car rides. He had to change into looser clothes. Anyway, Lu Jinghua changed the car It will take some time.

At the gate of the base building, the two separated and went about their own affairs.

However, before Xu Cang took a few steps, he suddenly received a call from the reception room: "Mr. Xu, someone is looking for you."

"Who?"

"A foreign woman named Louise Hughes."

"Louise Hughes?" Xu Cang thought for a while, as if he didn't remember this person: "It's gone, I have something urgent."

The matter of Xu Mingjian is very important. After all, his son is Xu Cang's possible successor in the future, so nothing can go wrong.

"Mr. Xu, that woman said she is a subordinate of Dr. Xu Ruxing."

"Xu Ruxing!?" Xu Cang stopped abruptly, narrowing his eyes slightly: "Where is she now?"

About 5 minutes later, Xu Cang saw that Louise Hughes in the reception room.Sure enough, she was a beautiful blonde with well-proportioned figure and tall, a little taller than Xu Cang, almost the tallest woman Xu Cang had ever seen.

Louise Hughes was wearing a light gray windbreaker. After noticing Xu Cang's arrival, she took the initiative to greet him, and said hello in fluent Chinese: "Mr. Xu Cang, meeting for the first time."

Xu Cang didn't say anything polite to her, and got straight to the point: "What's your relationship with Dr. Xu Ruxing?"

"Mr. Xu is our highest leader, number one."

Xu Cang's face turned pale. If it was Dr. Xu's person, at least he shouldn't be an enemy: "Why did Dr. Xu ask you to come here?"

"Mr. Xu didn't ask me to come here." Louise Hughes's mouth curled up slightly: "It means that you don't know that Mr. Xu is dead until now?"

"What?" Xu Cang's face changed greatly: "Doctor Xu is dead?"

Louise Hughes shook her head: "You really don't know anything. But it doesn't matter, it's better this way, knowing too much is not a good thing for you."

After the initial shock, Xu Cang immediately sorted out his emotions.Although he didn't quite understand many things, there was one thing he could feel, and that was that the woman in front of him was not kind.

"Then why did you come here?" Xu Cang said coldly.

Louise Hughes nodded slightly in greeting, and said in a very respectful tone, "On the order of No. [-], I will provide you with an opportunity."

"what chance?"

Louise Hughes smiled: "A chance to become the richest man in the world!"

(End of this chapter)