Legendary Captain

Chapter 205 The Second Female Pilot in China

"Star Travel 6341, we've contacted both Rongcheng Airport and Nanyong Airport, and they've both indicated they're willing to accept you." Soon after, the Shangdu area control center also received responses from the two alternate airports: "Can you decide on the alternate airport now?"

Having already communicated with the company beforehand, Lian Shanxue didn't hesitate and directly gave the controller her answer: "We've decided to make an emergency landing in Chengdu. Give me a course!"

After waiting a short while, presumably a brief coordination with the traffic control in Chengdu, the Shangdu area control quickly provided a heading: "Star Travel 6341, heading 290!"

"Heading 290, received! Star Travel 6341!"

Heading 290 is not a direct flight to Chengdu Airport; it's slightly north of the mark. Given the current emergency situation with Xingyou Airlines, they would definitely fly directly to the airport if possible. The reason for the slight detour is that Xingyou Airlines' aircraft are currently flying at a very low altitude. If they were to fly directly to Chengdu Airport, they would have to cross the Qinling Mountains, which presents a slight risk due to terrain obstacles. Therefore, to be on the safe side, they are taking a slightly different route.

Since this place is close to the end of the Qinling Mountains, we don't need to go around much; it will only delay us by a few minutes at most.

Lian Shanxue did not question the air traffic control instructions. She could see from the terrain display that there was an obstacle below the line connecting the plane and the airport, which looked like a mountain range. The heading given by air traffic control was 290, which, although slightly northward, detoured to avoid the mountain range.

Once you cross this spur line, you'll find yourself in a vast Tianfu Basin, with almost no towering mountains or peaks.

"Star Traveler 6341, contact Rongcheng District dispatcher 132.25. We have already relayed your situation to them. Goodbye!"

At this point, the aircraft had reached the border between the Shangdu and Rongcheng control zones. In order to allow Xingyou's aircraft to communicate with Rongcheng as soon as possible, the Shangdu control zone allowed Xingyou 6341 to leave the radar early.

"Rongcheng 132.25, Xingyou 6341, thank you for your help!" When replying, Lian Shanxue did not forget to thank Shangdu District Survey for its help.

"Descending to altitude 1800 meters, corrected sea pressure 1015, evening speed adjustment! Star Travel 6341!"

The corrected sea level pressure of 1014 was the standard pressure for the Shangdu area. Now that we are in the Rongcheng area, the corrected sea level pressure has changed slightly. Therefore, the Rongcheng air traffic control needs to re-determine the corrected sea level pressure standard for the aircraft.

In fact, given Xingyou 6341's current position, it's premature for it to descend to an altitude of 1800 meters. Keep in mind that the glide slope of Chengdu Runway 02 is only 1500 meters high, and Xingyou's aircraft is still quite a distance from the airport.

The reason for lowering the altitude of Xingyou 6341 so early was to allow the crew to adjust the speed later, so that it could maintain a high speed for a longer period of time and land faster.

Knowing the purpose of the control, Lian Shanxue gave up the idea of ​​unfurling her flaps and entered the field at a speed of 250 knots. She planned to start slowing down when she was about 15 nautical miles away from the field.

Since she is now much lower than the normal approach profile, and can even decelerate at level flight, the deceleration efficiency is amazing. There is no need to worry about not being able to establish the correct landing configuration before 1,000 feet.

Just as Lian Shanxue was checking his approach preparations against the electronic chart, he heard a cabin request to enter signal.

Lian Shanxue paused for a moment, then turned on the front cabin crew monitor and found a person dressed in plainclothes standing in front of the cockpit door.

"doctor?"

Lian Shanxue frowned and did not open the door first. Instead, she signaled to the flight crew to make a call, as she needed to find out the situation in advance.

"Have you found the person?" Lian Shanxue asked bluntly.

The flight attendant said, "That's right!"

"No announcements?" The cockpit is equipped to listen to passenger announcements, meaning that if the flight crew were to make an announcement looking for someone, Lian Shanxue would be able to hear it. However, Lian Shanxue did not hear any passenger announcements.

"This doctor is from the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, and he's the older brother of number three," the flight attendant explained. "He happened to be on the plane this time, and since there was no announcement, we went directly to him."

"I don't care whose brother he is, where's the identification?" Lian Shanxue trusted official documents more than any brother-sister relationship.

The flight attendant, who was prepared, immediately replied, "He happened to have his credentials with him; he has a medical license, and his specialty is internal medicine."

Being assigned to internal medicine is a pleasant surprise. If it were orthopedics or pediatrics, it would be a little awkward.

"Just verify the documents! Have the security officer come to the front cabin. After he comes in, I won't close the cabin door. If anything happens, the security officer can come in and handle it immediately!" Lian Shanxue had communicated with the flight attendant in advance.

Normally, the cockpit door is not kept open for extended periods, as the cockpit is a sensitive area and leaving the door open poses a certain danger.

However, this time the situation is a little different, and Lian Shanxue needs to be handled as a special case.

Even if that person has a medical license, Lian Shanxue still can't be completely at ease. She must ensure that nothing goes wrong!

Normally, if someone needs to enter or exit the cockpit, the flight attendants will pull up the curtain in the front cabin to block the view. At the same time, a dining car will block the passage, and a safety officer will stand guard at the entrance to the front cabin crew compartment to prevent anyone from storming the cockpit.

This time, however, Lian Shanxue directly instructed the safety officer to stay in the front cabin crew compartment and keep the cabin door open while the doctor entered the cockpit for diagnosis. In this way, the safety officer in the front cabin crew compartment could have a clear view of the situation inside the cockpit.

If the doctor engages in any misconduct, the safety officer can rush into the cockpit to stop him without any delay.

At the same time, even if the guard positions are slightly different, if someone in the passenger cabin tries to storm the cockpit, the security officer in the front cabin crew compartment can still hold back the dining car and block the person from storming the cockpit.

Both can be taken care of!

Even the most experienced flight attendants, who had been flying for a long time, were astonished after understanding Lian Shanxue's instructions.

This female co-pilot is incredibly meticulous, eliminating all dangers and leaving no room for loopholes! Even though the doctor had valid identification, Lian Shanxue was still uneasy. She wanted to have everything under her control and was determined to prevent any unforeseen deviations.

Honestly, the flight attendant hadn't thought of this safety measure; she even felt that some captains wouldn't have considered it so meticulously.

Thinking back to when she entered the cockpit and noticed that Lian Shanxue wasn't wearing an oxygen mask, while the captain was wearing the co-pilot's oxygen mask, she couldn't help but gain a new understanding of this seemingly decorative female co-pilot.

"Okay, we'll also keep an eye on the cabin entrance. I'll have the security officer switch positions!"

"Okay, I'll wait for your signal!"

In the surveillance footage, Lian Shanxue saw that after the flight attendant hung up the phone, she spoke a few words to the security officer across the dining car, and then moved the dining car aside to let the security officer into the front cabin crew compartment.

For a moment, the small forward cabin crew compartment felt rather cramped. The purser, flight attendant number three, volunteer doctor, and security officer were all there. To be honest, if the cockpit weren't so small that the doctor and security officer couldn't both fit in, Lian Shanxue would have even wanted the security officer to come in with them.

The flight attendant appeared to exchange a few more words with the security officer, and then gave the cockpit a signal requesting entry. Feeling there were no problems, Lian Shanxue opened the cockpit door.

The cockpit door opened, and a bespectacled, refined-looking young man poked his head in.

As soon as he entered, he first curiously examined the various instruments and switches in the cockpit, then his gaze shifted to the unconscious instructor on his left, and finally settled on Lian Shanxue's face.

For a moment, he was slightly lost in thought!

At this moment, Lian Shanxue's hair, which had been tied up, was slightly disheveled, with a few strands of hair falling from her temples. Perhaps the series of events that had just occurred had taken a toll on her, as her face was a little pale and her eyes showed signs of fatigue.

Despite its appearance, it evokes a feeling of boundless tenderness!

Any normal man who sees Lian Shanxue at this moment would feel an urge to hold her in his arms and shower her with care.

Even though Lian Shanxue has never used her appearance to gain any benefit, it doesn't mean she can't. If Lian Shanxue were willing, she could use some tricks to make plenty of men go crazy for her.

At least at this point, the doctor was already somewhat involved.

"Her smile is enchanting, her eyes are bright and beautiful!" The doctor blurted out a passage from the Book of Songs.

He had never seen such a beautiful woman with both grace and beauty; he was truly awestruck.

Lian Shanxue frowned slightly. Apart from her father and Xu Xian, one a close relative and the other a beloved one, she hated any other man looking at her like that.

"Hello?" Lian Shanxue called out softly, like a mournful cry in an empty valley. Even though there was a hint of displeasure in her voice, it was still quite pleasant to hear.

That one word snapped the doctor back to reality. He pulled himself out of his wandering thoughts and asked in a serious tone, "Hello, are you here to see this person?"

The doctor said, pointing to the unconscious instructor on the left.

Lian Shanxue nodded: "I heard you're an internal medicine doctor at the First People's Hospital of Yunnan?"

"To be precise, gastroenterology!" the doctor laughed.

Internal medicine is a broad category, which can be further subdivided into many other branches, such as cardiology, neurology, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, endocrinology, and so on.

"Really? Thank you for your help!" Lian Shanxue said softly, "He experienced severe abdominal pain and oxygen deprivation for a period of time when the plane was just depressurized."

Lian Shanxue briefly described what she had seen, but as a non-professional, she didn't know what was important and what wasn't.

"Stomach ache?" The doctor bent down and gently pressed the instructor's stomach, asking, "Just a stomach ache, no other symptoms?"

"That's all, isn't it?" To be honest, even Shan Xue wasn't entirely sure. She wasn't a professional doctor, and apart from the obvious abdominal pain, she couldn't discern any other abnormal symptoms.

"I have an idea!" The doctor considered for a moment. "Our bodies usually contain only about one quart of free gas in the intestines. This gas is ingested through swallowing or produced by digestion and fermentation. When the environmental pressure decreases, this gas expands. This expansion might only cause discomfort, or it could cause inhuman pain. The degree of pain depends on too many factors. However, I think this is the most likely explanation."

"Did he fart just now?" the doctor suddenly asked.

Lian Shanxue was caught off guard by the question and paused for a moment, then said, "I don't think so!"

There was some noise in the cockpit, or perhaps she overlooked it, but she didn't smell anything unusual, even after removing her oxygen mask.

"You mean that part of the expanded gas might be able to be released?" Lian Shanxue was quick-witted and soon understood why the doctor asked that question.

The doctor nodded: "Yes! But it's not certain whether it will come out or not! Of course, if there's a clear sound of passing gas, that would further confirm my idea."

"Is that so? If my guess is correct, is there any serious problem?"

"If it's just simple intestinal gas distension, it rarely causes serious consequences. As for hypoxia, if what you said is completely accurate, it shouldn't be a big problem either."

Upon hearing this, Lian Shanxue breathed a slight sigh of relief: "No treatment is needed?"

"No need! The conditions aren't right now, and the situation isn't that serious. Making any rash moves would only backfire."

"Okay!" Lian Shanxue nodded. "I'll have to trouble you this time. I hope you won't say anything about the cockpit after you leave, okay?"

Lian Shanxue spoke softly and gently, which made the doctor feel somewhat flattered. He immediately patted his chest and assured her, "That's for sure, I'm very tight-lipped."

The doctor's somewhat silly behavior made Lian Shanxue smile slightly, which almost made the doctor's eyes pop out.

A smile can topple a city, a second smile can topple a nation! The ancients were right!

After seeing the doctor off from the cockpit, the somewhat absent-minded doctor grabbed the arm of flight attendant number three as soon as he came out: "That's the co-pilot in the cockpit, right? Do you know him?"

Flight attendant number three, feeling a bit of pain from the doctor's grip, angrily shook off his hand: "Trying to find me a sister-in-law?"

The doctor seemed to still have much to say about his meeting with Lian Shanxue: "You've tricked me so many times since we were kids, but today you're finally being of some use!"

"Hmph! They might not even be willing!"

The doctor said somewhat displeasedly, "Whether it's family background, appearance, or future prospects, your brother certainly has some assets, doesn't he?"

"That's enough!" Flight attendant number three gently nudged the doctor's back. Her brother didn't even know what time it was, still thinking about picking up girls.

The doctor was pushed out of the cabin by flight attendant number three, and only then did he reluctantly return to his seat.

"Your brother doesn't look like a doctor!" the flight attendant chuckled.

Flight attendant number three curled her lip: "They've gone stupid from studying too much!"

"Are you really good at studying?"

Flight attendant number three shrugged: "He's just average! He was the top scholar in our Nanming Province before. Although he's a bit slow, he's still quite good at studying."

"Top scholar? That's amazing?" The flight attendant was surprised. Not just the top scholar from Yunnan City, but the top scholar from the entire Nanming Province. That's incredibly impressive.

"What's so impressive about that? You're completely clueless about relationships, and you're such a grown man, you've never even been in a relationship!" Flight Attendant Number Three said helplessly, "But it seems like you've suddenly become enlightened today! Who is that lady in our cockpit?! Even my blockhead brother is starting to have feelings for her, it's practically a once-in-a-lifetime event!"

Flight attendant number three knew that her brother was not only a typical straight man with little interest in romantic relationships, but also arrogant and proud, and many women simply couldn't catch his eye.

So, now that I'm almost thirty, I'm still a pitiful person who has never tasted love.

Unexpectedly, he changed his tune today, as if he really had some strange thoughts.

"Your brother has a great eye!" The flight attendant sighed. "I've seen female pilots before, but our co-pilot this time is truly exceptional. I've never seen anything like it before—that innate charisma and meticulous, flawless thinking. Even among male pilots, it's quite rare. She's truly a woman who doesn't yield to men!"

"Such a high evaluation?" Flight attendant number three was quite surprised. This chief flight attendant was no new one; she was very experienced and could tell which pilots were competent.

She never expected that such a discerning flight attendant would have such a high opinion of Lian Shanxue.

"Who says women are inferior to men? I think our first officer on this flight would outshine all the male first officers in the company!" the chief flight attendant exclaimed. "I feel like we're about to have our second female captain in China!"

Yesterday I wrote a chapter of over four thousand words, and someone actually said it was too short.

It seems you've gotten used to chapters of 6,000 words each! Chapters of 4,000 words or so are no longer enough for you.

I'd love to write 10,000 chapters, but nobody's subscribing!

(End of this chapter)