Legendary Captain

Chapter 237 Aviation Safety Agency and Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Agency

"Qin Yue!" Qin Yue woke up without warning, which really startled Li Jinyan. It took her two or three seconds to react. For a moment, Li Jinyan couldn't believe her eyes and thought it was her hallucination.

Qin Yue straightened his upper body and tried to sit up, but as soon as he exerted force, he felt that most of his body was weak and powerless, and he couldn't muster any strength at all.

Seeing that Qin Yue was trying to sit up, Li Jinyan's heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly ran over to support Qin Yue's back and placed a soft pillow behind Qin Yue's waist and back.

As she moved, Li Jinyan chided, "You've been lying down for so long, your blood circulation is poor. Don't move around so much now that you're awake!"

Qin Yue rubbed his temples, still feeling a bit dizzy even now that he was awake: "How long was I unconscious?"

"It's been almost a month! If you keep sleeping like this, I feel like you'll never wake up." Li Jinyan squeezed Qin Yue's hand with some heartache. "Is there anything else that's bothering you?"

"Only a month? That's so short?" Qin Yue glanced around. The decor here looked like a hospital room, but it also looked like a hotel. He wasn't sure yet.

Li Jinyan rolled her eyes at Qin Yue: "You still think you haven't slept enough? You've slept half your life's worth of sleep, and you still want more? Wait, what's with that expression? Do you even know how long you've been unconscious? Do you think it's abnormal to be unconscious for a month?"

Li Jinyan's point was simple: when a person is unconscious, they have no sense of the passage of time. Since they have no sense of time, why would Qin Yue think a month is too short?

Qin Yue gave Li Jinyan a deep look, then finally shook his head: "Never mind, I've been sleeping too long, my brain's fogged up. By the way, where am I?"

"A hospital? Where else could it be?"

Qin Yue was taken aback: "This is a hospital? It feels more like a hotel suite!"

"This is a VIP ward at Renxin Hospital. The environment is very nice, so it's normal that it doesn't look like a ward."

"Renxin Hospital?" Qin Yue scratched his head, not dwelling on the luxurious ward, and changed the subject: "Where's Xu Xian?"

"Why did you look for Xu Xian as soon as you woke up? You two didn't seem that close before!" Li Jinyan was quite resentful that Qin Yue had immediately asked about Xu Xian after waking up, completely ignoring her. However, Li Jinyan wasn't the type to be pretentious, so she didn't dwell on it too much, and simply snorted, "Where else could Xu Xian be? He's either at work or at home, he doesn't have any extra activities."

Xu Xian's life revolves almost entirely between the company and home, a monotonous routine with virtually no other forms of entertainment. It's not that Xu Xian is particularly boring, but rather that his finances can't support him.

"Can you find Xu Xian's flight schedule? If he's not flying, give him a call and ask him to come over. I have something to say to him."

Li Jinyan glanced at the time on her watch: "Now, are you sure? What's the emergency? It's so late."

Qin Yue hesitated for a moment, then thought for a second: "Why don't you check first? If he's not flying, can I make a call?"

"Making a phone call? I don't understand what you're up to," Li Jinyan scoffed. Qin Yue was clearly not familiar with Xu Xian, but after being unconscious for so long, the first thing Qin Yue did upon waking up wasn't to care about his girlfriend, but rather to be very concerned about a man he barely knew.

"Let me tell you, you really have to thank Xu Xian properly this time. You might not be able to get a room here even if you have money. You've been staying here since you fell into a coma, all thanks to Xu Xian's help." Li Jinyan mentioned Xu Xian's contribution while checking his phone for Xu Xian's flight schedule.

Although the person they should thank most directly is Wen Jingshu, Wen Jingshu only helped out of respect for Xu Xian; otherwise, she wouldn't have bothered with Qin Yue, who isn't some saint. So, ultimately, they should thank Xu Xian.

"I know." Qin Yue scratched his head in annoyance. "Stop talking, my mind is a bit muddled right now."

"Hmph!" Li Jinyan rolled her eyes at Qin Yue, displeased, and didn't continue arguing with him. Instead, she focused her attention on her phone screen. After a moment, Li Jinyan frowned: "Flight anomaly, what does that mean?"

Qin Yue, who had been somewhat uninterested, heard Li Jinyan's puzzled voice, so he struggled to raise his right hand, placed it on Li Jinyan's right arm holding the phone, hooked it around, and craned his neck to ask, "What's the problem?"

This time, Li Jinyan didn't hide anything and showed Qin Yue her phone screen: "It shows a flight error, but I've never encountered anything like this before, and I don't know what it means."

The app Li Jinyan used to check Xu Xian's flight schedule was the family version. It only showed Xu Xian's flight schedule, departure and arrival times, but did not allow access to crew member information or other aircraft details. Compared to the flight assistant software Xu Xian used, it was a stripped-down version.

Of course, this stripped-down version of the app is purely for pilots' associates to check their flight status; there's no need to develop many other features.

The app sometimes displays additional information on flight schedules, such as flight diversion, flight return, or flight cancellation. These are easy to understand; you can tell what happened just from the names. But what exactly is a flight anomaly? She had never seen anything like it before.

Xu Xian had Li Jinyan install this app so that she could check her class schedule if she couldn't find him, saving her from getting anxious. However, Li Jinyan rarely bothered Xu Xian, so she had never used it before, and it malfunctioned the first time she used it.

"Flight anomaly?" Qin Yue works for Star Travel Airlines and is naturally familiar with the auxiliary APP developed by the company. Flight anomalies include a wide variety of situations, the most common of which is special circumstances.

"Where's my phone?" Qin Yue suddenly asked.

"Hmm?" Seeing Qin Yue's anxious look, Li Jinyan quickly rummaged through the drawer and pulled out Qin Yue's phone. She would charge the phone from time to time to make sure it wouldn't run out of power and shut down, and it came in handy at this moment.

Qin Yue took the phone, hesitated for a moment, and finally dialed a number.

Star Travel Aviation Operations Control Center.

At this moment, the entire center was extremely tense, like a powder keg ready to explode at any moment. After Star Cruises 6333 was about to land at Hamchi Airport, they learned that there was video surveillance in the landing area. So Star Cruises negotiated with Hamchi Airport, requesting that the airport transmit the video signal so that they could watch the landing of Star Cruises 6333 live in the operations control center.

Little did they know that Hamchi Airport completely ignored Star Travel Airlines. Even though they were related by connections, Star Travel Airlines couldn't stand Hamchi Airport's arrogance and had no way to deal with it.

The Chengdu Area Control Center is the brain that manages the entire Chengdu airspace, and Xianchi Airport has to give it some respect. The group headquarters will naturally obey its orders, but who does Xingyou Airlines think it is? Daring to talk back? Xianchi Airport and Xingyou Airlines have no business overlap, although they are essentially under the same master. Xianchi Airport doesn't even consider Xingyou Airlines worthy of its attention. "I'm only hosting the group's top executives, I'm on a high-end route, why should I cater to you?"

Since Hamchi Airport refused to provide Star Cruises with regional video signals, Star Cruises had no recourse but to rely on the Chengdu Air Traffic Control Center as an intermediary to track the status of its aircraft. It was incredibly frustrating.

Hamchi Airport is a small airport, and with such a large-scale rescue mission as Star Trek 6333, almost the entire airport staff was mobilized. The airport was in a frenzy from top to bottom, and no one could get any information about the specific rescue progress out, so Star Trek Airlines could only wait.

So far, all they know is that Star Travel 6333 landed at Xianchi Airport. But they know nothing about its condition, the extent of damage, whether there were any casualties, or the difficulty of the rescue. They've been calling the Chengdu Air Traffic Control Center non-stop, but they still don't know anything. Even if they make a thousand calls, the result will be the same.

They also tried to contact Hamchi directly, but none of the calls went through.

It's ridiculous that Star Travel's own plane had an accident, yet they still have to wait for news.

Lu Xinyu was particularly frustrated. He was usually arrogant, but he found that he could only act arrogantly within Xingyou Airlines. Outside of Xingyou Airlines, no one paid any attention to him.

Just as everyone was at a loss, Ning Sheng's phone suddenly rang. This commotion attracted the attention of many people.

Ning Sheng was startled by his sudden phone ringing. He pulled out his phone, glanced at the number, and looked quite surprised. He quickly explained to the crowd looking over, "It's a private call, a private call!"

As he spoke, he took his phone to a corner of the operations control center and secretly answered the call: "Qin Yue?"

"Brother Sheng, it's me!" Qin Yue's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Ning Sheng was immediately overjoyed: "I heard you took a long leave of absence, where did you go? Why did you suddenly disappear without a trace?"

The fact that Qin Yue was in a coma was not publicized. Wen Jingshu even used her connections to get Xingyou Airlines to grant Qin Yue an unlimited leave, meaning he could return whenever he wanted. Therefore, many people in the company were unaware that Qin Yue was in a coma and assumed he was on a long vacation.

The secrecy surrounding this matter was exceptionally well maintained; even Ning Sheng, Qin Yue's close friend, was unaware of the inside story.

"Um... I just suddenly wanted to go out and relax. It's like this, I want to ask you about something." Qin Yue didn't actually know that Wen Jingshu had specially granted him a long leave. However, Qin Yue's mind worked quickly, and he roughly guessed some of the situation, so he just went along with Ning Sheng's words.

"you say."

Qin Yue immediately asked seriously, "What's going on with flight 6333?"

Ning Sheng's face stiffened. He glanced at the crowd not far away, and after confirming that no one was paying attention to him, he quickly lowered his voice and asked, "How did you know?"

"Something happened?" Qin Yue's heart tightened.

"It's not just an accident, it's a major accident, a huge one!" Ning Sheng didn't hide anything from his good friend. Anyway, everyone in the circle would probably know about Xingyou 6333 in a few days, so there was no point in hiding it. It didn't matter whether he told him sooner or later.

Ning Sheng continued, "6333 was transporting dangerous goods, but the shipper concealed this fact. It was carrying highly toxic toluene diisocyanate, and the worst part is that it leaked. The crew had no choice but to force their way through a large area of ​​thunderstorm clouds, and they just barely landed. But we don't have any news about the situation after landing."

On the other end of the phone, Qin Yue's heart pounded with fear. He quickly asked, "Is Xu Xian upstairs?"

"Yes! He's the one who flew the plane back. As for..." Ning Sheng was about to say something more when suddenly, a staff member rushed into the operations control center.

"We received a call from headquarters. All the wounded from Unit 6333 have been transferred to Xianchi First People's Hospital. Headquarters is now asking us to select three to five people to visit the wounded at the hospital. General Manager Liu said you can decide on the selections yourselves. Leaders, why don't you discuss it?"

The person who walked in was actually the secretary of the new president of Star Travel Airlines. The "General Manager Liu" he had just mentioned was the new president of Star Travel Airlines. However, the new president of Star Travel Airlines was purely a figurehead, a transitional figurehead, and rarely came to the company unless there was a major event.

"Qin Yue, there's news from over there. I have to go now, I have to get back to work." Hearing this, Ning Sheng quickly hung up the phone, put away his phone, and disappeared into the crowd.

"To visit the injured?"

Upon hearing this, the room fell into an absolute silence, even quieter than before.

Those leaders who were qualified to visit him all looked hesitant, and for a moment none of them were willing to go.

No matter the reason, the passengers boarded your plane and then encountered this disaster. Do you expect them to be grateful to you after it's over? Going there is just asking for trouble, isn't it?

This kind of work, which is almost always involving getting yelled at, is something no one wants to do unless they're asking for trouble. For a moment, not a single person in the room stepped forward.

This was a bit awkward. The president's secretary hadn't anticipated this situation and immediately put on a pained expression: "Gentlemen, although this is a tough job, we don't need to be completely empty-handed, do we? The group said we can select three to five people, so we should at least put together the minimum of three people to explain to the group!"

The president's secretary was fed up with these leaders. When they were scheming and backstabbing in the company, they didn't care about appearances at all; countless times they'd blatantly lied. How could they possibly be so vulnerable when it came to going out and getting yelled at?

Normally, it's standard practice to fawn over superiors, endure scolding while putting on a smiling face. Why can't you do that now?

Even though the president's secretary invoked the company's requirements, no one responded.

"I'm telling you all, this is really putting me in a difficult position!" This president's secretary had been parachuted in with the president from the group, so she didn't pay much attention when talking to these local leaders of Star Travel Airlines.

Just then, a hand was raised in the crowd, the crowd parted, and a person walked out—it was Qin Zongyang.

"Secretary Zhang, am I high enough in rank to pass?" Qin Zongyang asked somewhat nervously.

He wasn't even the head of a department; he wasn't considered a high-ranking leader at Xingyou Airlines, and sometimes he wasn't even qualified to visit wounded soldiers. So, he was initially too embarrassed to raise his hand. But seeing no one respond, Qin Zongyang perked up. Others might not want to go, but he wanted to!

So what if he gets scolded? He's as thick-skinned as a city wall corner; he doesn't care. What he cares about is his precious apprentice, and he'll definitely go see him whenever he gets the chance.

The president's secretary was overjoyed: "President Qin, as long as you have a management rank, you're fine with it. Are there any others?"

"Me too!" At this moment, another person stepped out from the crowd, and it turned out to be Li Chuan, the marketing director.

The president's secretary was stunned: "Mr. Li, this has absolutely nothing to do with you. Why are you getting involved?"

"How can it have nothing to do with me?" Li Chuan glared. "Isn't Lian Shanxue up there? I'm counting on her to survive. If something happens to her, shouldn't I go check on her?"

Just like Qin Zongyang had with Xu Xian before, Li Chuan's future promotion and salary increase depended entirely on Lian Shanxue, so how could he not care?

The president's secretary hesitated for a moment. Although the group had not said that it was only leaders in the aviation field, would it be too incongruous for her to bring a marketing director with her?

"What? My management level isn't high enough? I'm two levels higher than Qin Zongyang. If he can go, why can't I?" Li Chuan said, quite displeased.

"Alright, alright!" The president's secretary helplessly stopped Li Chuan from speaking. "President Li, don't get excited, okay, okay! Who's the last one?"

"Do you think I'm okay?" came an old voice from the crowd.

The president's secretary looked in the direction of the voice and immediately spotted Zeng Yu in the crowd. Her eyes lit up instantly: "It's Old Master Zeng! What brings you here, sir?"

"I know Xu Xian, and I would be extremely grateful if I could accompany him." Zeng Yu didn't have time to curry favor with the president's secretary and went straight to the point.

"Don't mention how grateful you are, sir. You're too kind. It's nothing serious. You can certainly come over if you want."

Zeng Yu is the most senior member of the aircraft maintenance team in China, which is a huge advantage. Since Zeng Yu has offered to go along, there's no reason not to agree.

Seeing that three people had been gathered, the president's secretary asked twice more if anyone else was there. After receiving no response, she led Qin Zongyang and the other two away from the operations control center.

After Qin Zongyang and the others left, the atmosphere in the operations control center immediately relaxed and became noisy. Many people even started talking about the crew's performance in the 6333 incident, with the most discussion focusing on Xu Xian.

It seemed the matter was settled. Wang Xian, the vice president of maintenance who wasn't really involved to begin with, yawned and prepared to leave. As he passed Lu Xinyu, he said meaningfully, "You're better than Qin Zongyang in every way, but you can't compare to him in taking on a good apprentice! What a pity!"

After saying that, he laughed loudly and left, leaving Lu Xinyu with a gloomy face and no word.

Office of the Director of the Aviation Safety Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

At this moment, Cheng Guangyu, director of the Aviation Safety Department, was watching a video on his computer screen. The video had just been sent by Xianchi Airport and was the landing video of Xingyou 6333.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China's Flight Safety Department manages all incidents related to flight safety within the industry. The Xingyou 6333 incident was extremely serious, and both the Chengdu Air Traffic Control Center and Xingyou Airlines reported it to the Administration immediately. As the Director of the Flight Safety Department, Cheng Guangyu naturally learned of the matter immediately.

During Xu Xian's handling of the emergency, all the information was gathered by Cheng Guangyu. It can be said that, apart from Xu Xian, the person directly involved, Cheng Guangyu was the person who knew the most detailed information about the Xingyou 6333 incident.

The more he knew, the more horrified Cheng Guangyu felt when he saw the video Xu Xian had completed!

The video transmitted from Hamchi Airport is fairly clear, showing details of the Xingyou 6333 aircraft during its landing.

Just like Chen Yuan, the director of the Chengdu Air Traffic Control Center, had observed, the Xingyou 6333 aircraft maintained a low approach attitude after entering the airspace above the runway, which is what the video footage showed. However, just before the main landing gear was about to touch down, the aircraft quickly assumed the correct touchdown attitude, and almost instantly touched down, without wasting a single second.

Since the video also includes external sounds, the engine sound is naturally among them.

Cheng Guangyu was also an experienced pilot, and he could roughly deduce Xu Xian's throttle usage during the final touchdown phase by observing changes in the engine sound.

"He kept the accelerator pressed down until the very last second before finally slamming it on!" Cheng Guangyu listened to the recording several times before finally coming to this conclusion: "That's terrifying!"

Cheng Guangyu couldn't believe what kind of person could be so confident. He knew that if you were approaching with the throttle engaged and didn't level off in time, the nose of the aircraft could easily be destroyed.

It's like dancing on a knife's edge!

"Terrible? I say, Lao Cheng, how can you talk like that?" At this moment, a person entered from outside the door. That person was Feng Guangrong, the director of the Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

Feng Guangrong walked in with a smile, glanced at the grounding video of Xingyou 6333 playing on a loop on the computer, and suddenly raised an eyebrow: "How is it?"

"What do you mean, 'how about'?" Cheng Guangyu clicked his tongue. "What are you doing here?"

Feng Guangrong's smile remained unchanged: "I'm asking you how skilled my junior brother is?"

Congratulations to Bored Bookworm 198 for becoming the first Alliance Leader of this book! He was also the Alliance Leader of the previous book. Awesome!

I wonder when there will be a second leader. I'm looking forward to it!

(End of this chapter)