Xu Xian's words were like a mountain peak thrown into the calm sea, causing huge waves.

The Shangdu Regional Control Office exploded instantly.

"Chimelong 5677, what's going on? Doesn't the No. 1 engine have limited thrust? How could it stall again? The volcanic ash should be very thin!" the director grabbed the microphone and shouted emotionally.

Since there is no incentive for the engine to stall, why can it still stall a second time?

"Because I stepped on the throttle! I stepped on the throttle of the No. 1 engine! The engine surged twice and then stalled!" Xu Xian muttered a sentence between his teeth.

The director obviously knew that the accelerator should not be opened randomly when the engine surges. If the engine stalls due to surge, the engine is probably damaged and almost impossible to restart.

"If the engine surges, the throttle must be limited! How can we throttle the throttle?" the director complained involuntarily.

Xu Xian hadn't spoken yet, but Chen Qi couldn't help it anymore and directly jumped in: "Who the hell built a wind turbine over there! If you don't pump the gas, it will hit the blades. Now I have no life to talk to you! Can you stop gas?

Door?"

Seeing that it was about to end, some bullshit wind turbine suddenly came out, and finally got them together. The next step would lead to heaven, but the next step would lead to hell, and who wouldn't go crazy!

Chen Qi's hysterical voice filled the loudspeaker in the control room, and the director looked slightly embarrassed. Also, who of the normal pilots would put the throttle on a surge engine?

"You can't glide to Shangdu without power at your current position?" The director still thought about landing at Shangdu Airport. An emergency landing in the wild was too much of a test of his heart's endurance.

In fact, according to the optimal glide ratio, it is theoretically possible to glide to Shangdu Airport. Of course, this is only in theory.

However, to ensure a sustained optimal glide ratio, it is necessary to constantly change the speed of the aircraft. The amount of operation is very large, and it is difficult to complete it accurately with basic manpower. In the history of civil aviation, there are still people who have made perfect unpowered gliding, but after all, it depends on some

Lucky.

It was the product of the right time, right place and right people.

Xu Xian knew his abilities very well, and the external conditions for gliding this time were very bad.

"I can't fly, the wind is too strong! The wind is almost 80 knots!" Xu Xian said helplessly.

I don’t know if it’s because of the obstruction of the Qinling Mountains. In a low-altitude environment, after crossing the Qinling Mountains, the headwind increased by nearly 30 knots, which is a very huge increase.

In comparison, the previously estimated gliding distance was completely inaccurate.

At least in Xu Xian's view, they had lost their last chance to glide to Shangdu Airport. Instead of dreaming about a miracle from the sky and gliding to Shangdu Airport without power, it was better to find a suitable emergency landing site.

In other words, Xu Xian even felt that even a miracle from heaven would not work. After all, everything must follow a basic law.

Of course, if Xu Xian comes to invite some gods, he invites Xu Qing! There may be a glimmer of hope. After all, Xu Qing has never been a person who talks about the Basic Law.

"Eighty-knot headwind!?" The director really didn't notice that the headwind was so strong. Of course, in ultra-low altitude areas, the wind speed will be relatively reduced due to ground friction, but the impact will not be great.

Xu Xian's judgment was correct. Even if he was operating at the best glide ratio, he was still powerless under a headwind of 80 knots.

"Shangdu, are there any recommended alternate landing areas nearby?" Xu Xian still flies less and is not familiar with many areas. In addition, the current visual conditions are not good, he can't see the ground clearly, and it is difficult to judge the appropriate emergency landing location.

.As a result, we have no choice but to turn to control for help.

There are two directors, one for each one. Although there is a vast plain after crossing the Qinling Mountains, it is not a sparsely populated area. There are still small villages dotted here and there. Just find an open space and go down. You may go down and take a look, and there will be a gathering of villages. In case of injury

When it comes to other people, the pressure comes to them.

However, Chimelong's plane is already like this. If he shirks his responsibility, he doesn't need to take command anymore. It seems more effective to directly set up an altar to summon the soul of Chimelong 5677.

In such a dilemma, a controller suddenly interrupted: "Director, what do you think of Jin'an Airport? I think it's very close!"

"Jin'an?" The director was a little confused. He looked at the radar display on the main screen for a while, which showed the locations of various airports, but he didn't see any Jin'an Airport! Moreover, there was no such thing in his memory.

Jin'an Airport. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in the director's mind, and he hesitated: "You are not talking about the Jin'an Airport that is still under construction, right?"

The controller paused: "Yes!"

After speaking, the controller projected a picture onto the main screen.

Except for the lack of dynamic aircraft signs, this picture is not much different from the radar screen display just now.

In this picture, there is a Jin'an Airport near Qinling Mountains.

"This is the location map of Jin'an Airport and the preset tower control area. I see that this location is only more than ten nautical miles away from Chimelong's aircraft, and the altitude margin is quite sufficient," the controller introduced.

The director looked at the controller in disbelief. In fact, not only the director, but many other staff in the control room also focused their attention on the controller who made the Jin'an Airport suggestion.

"Don't you just think of Jin'an Airport because it's so close?" The director twitched the corners of his mouth and looked into the controller's eyes in shock. He wanted to confirm whether this person was joking.

However, to his despair, the controller didn't seem to be joking.

"Yes!" The controller nodded innocently, it would be better than being left in the wild.

The sound of air-conditioning sucking suddenly sounded in the control room!

What a powerful and direct logic! It left them with no reason to refute!

The director was a little moved and asked his assistant: "What's the current progress of Jin'an Airport?"

This assistant was like a humanoid hard drive. He immediately explained the situation of Jin'an Airport: "The runway of Jin'an Airport has been built, but the lighting system is not yet available. In the navigation aid facilities, the blind landing system has been completed, but it is still not working.

It has not been calibrated and tested. Its accuracy cannot be guaranteed."

"There is no lighting system..." The director was a little embarrassed. In night flight landing, the lighting system is a very visual reference. Without the lighting system, even if there is a blind landing signal guidance for night flight landing, it will be very difficult to operate in a low-altitude environment.

, especially under unpowered conditions.

However, after the director thought about it, it was indeed better to land at an airport without a lighting system than to land in the wild. After thinking about it, this weird suggestion seemed to have some success!

The picture posted by the controller before was a warm-up picture of Jin'an Airport distributed by the Central Plains Air Traffic Control Bureau to the regional control offices under its jurisdiction. This allowed the controllers in the area to familiarize themselves with various information about the new airport, including control transfers, etc.

detail.

The director was somewhat moved and immediately contacted Xu Xian and the others: "Changlong 5677, there is a newly built Jin'an Airport thirteen nautical miles away from your two o'clock direction, which can be used as an emergency landing point."

"Two o'clock direction, thirteen nautical miles?" Xu Xian was very happy when he heard about the new airport at first, but when he heard the location of the airport, he was instantly confused. On the navigation page, there was no display of the new airport.

ah!

On the navigation page, there are buttons to display various logos, including the location display of each airport. Xu Xian turned on the button for the airport location display, but he just didn't see the so-called airport location.

Moreover, Xu Xian seems to have never heard of the so-called Jin'an Airport. However, there are many regional airports, let alone new ones. It is normal not to know.

"Shangdu, could you please tell me the three-character or four-character code of Jin'an Airport? I can't find it on the navigation page." Xu Xian said. At the same time, he switched the CDU to the FIX page and prepared to enter the code of Jin'an Airport.

A three-character or four-character code, and then a distance circle to determine the location of the airport.

Who knew that the control side directly said: "Jin'an Airport has not been built yet, and there is no information about it in the database, so it will definitely not be visible."

The control side continued: "The Jin'an Airport runway has been constructed, but the lighting system has not yet been completed. In addition, the blind landing signal has not been calibrated and tested, and the accuracy cannot be guaranteed."

"Damn it! Isn't it illegal to land at this kind of airport?" Chen Qi said subconsciously.

Xu Xian looked at him as if he were an idiot: "It's legal if you fall into the fields."

Chen Qi smiled a little. This question is indeed a bit idiotic. When did you have to pick and choose when you can have a runway?

Xu Xian immediately and decisively turned fifteen degrees to the right. Now that he was racing against time, how could he have time to look forward and backward?

"If the operation has not been provided, then I need this airport information." Xu Xian directly felt that he had landed at the unfinished Jin'an Airport.

Since it has not been put into operation, it is not in the database and probably not in the aeronautical charts. He must get relevant information about this airport to prepare for the approach. At least let him know the localizer and blind landing frequency of Jin'an Airport.

"Wait a minute!" There was information about Jin'an Airport in the aeronautical map pictures distributed by the Air Traffic Control Bureau. The director made a distinction and immediately said: "Jin'an Airport, the runway is 2,600 meters long and 45 meters wide.

The slope is 1%, and the airport altitude is 49 feet. Only runway 08 has a blind landing, localizer 080, blind landing frequency 116.3, blind landing identification code IJA, decision...forget it, there is no need for a decision altitude!"

There is no chance for a go-around, so the decision altitude is meaningless.

Moreover, does Jin'an Airport have a lighted airport? It all depends on the moonlight. You can't see the runway unless you are at a very low place.

If we really flew at the decision altitude, even if both engines had power and could go around all the time, we would never make it down that night.

Xu Xian quickly wrote down some important information in the CDU draft column. After seeing that he had almost remembered it, he replied: "I have received all the airport information. However, I need you to provide radar guidance."

During this period, Xu Xian entered the three-character code of IJA, but the CDU showed that it was not in the database. Even though he was mentally prepared, Xu Xian was still a little disappointed. If the location of Jin'an Airport could be located, it would be easier for Xu Xian to calculate himself

The relative altitude makes it easier to find the timing to extend the flaps and landing gear.

If the blind landing at Jin'an Airport doesn't even have a DME rangefinder, then there will really be only roll and pitch guidance.

Xu Xian felt a little panicked.

"You now turn right to heading 085, and we will guide you to cut into the final channel. As for the altitude... the FAF point of Jin'an Airport is ten nautical miles from the final, with an altitude of 3,000 feet." The director said: "You control the altitude yourself, nearby

There are no higher obstacles, and the clearance environment on all five sides of Jin'an Airport is very good."

Since both engines of the aircraft are now stalled, it is in a powerless gliding state. The heading can be controlled, but the altitude is not certain.

However, fortunately, the nearby terrain was very flat with no obstacles, and the aircraft had almost no obstacle clearance requirements, so the director simply let Chimelong's aircraft control its altitude by itself.

He told the Chimelong crew that the height of the FAF point was just for them to use as a reference.

"Okay!" Xu Xian suddenly remembered something.

He said to Chen Qi: "Have we not talked about the captain's coma yet?"

Chen Qi was stunned for a moment when he was asked. After recalling it for a moment, his face suddenly became confused: "It seems so... Oops..."

It's a miracle that a rookie trainee and a useless co-pilot could make it this far. There were constant situations along the way. They were so focused on the engine and volcanic ash that they even forgot about the captain's incapacitation.

"Do you want to talk to the control department?" Xu Xian felt a little guilty. This mistake was a bit too low-level.

Chen Qi suddenly said: "Can you survive?"
To be continued...