Chapter 168 Forced Landing in Kunyang River, Happy New Year's Day(1/2)
The soil in the Dianyun City area has a very high sand content, and the airport ground has not been completely compacted. After a night of rain, the ground hardness of Kunyang Airport is now unable to withstand the load of an aircraft grounding.
The large and small puddles showed that the amount of rain last night was by no means just a little bit. Such a large amount of rain invaded the surface, coupled with the soil with high sand content. As long as Xu Xian dared to land the plane at Kunyang Airport, then
The outcome is basically predictable.
If dozens of tons of huge objects hit the soft wet soil, the landing gear and even the fuselage will sink into the soil. This situation is very likely to cause the aircraft to disintegrate on the spot.
You must know that the plane has just taken off at this time, and there is still a large amount of fuel stored in the fuel tank. Once the plane disintegrates and the fuel tank ruptures, there will be a violent explosion and fire.
Even if someone was lucky enough to escape the initial disintegration of the plane, they would not be able to escape the high probability of explosions and flames later. In fact, Xu Xian felt that the probability of surviving after landing at Kunyang Airport was not much different from that at Dianyun Airport.
It's a narrow escape.
Originally, Xu Xian thought he had found a perfect alternative, but with one careless move, he lost everything. He had just left the tiger's den and joined the wolves again.
Li Zhiming stared blankly at the large and small puddles of water above Kunyang Airport, and suddenly laughed nervously: "What kind of bullshit is there an infinite road, isn't it going to end our lives now?"
The entire operation control center and control room were filled with the sound of Li Zhiming going crazy.
Why did Xu Xian wait until he was sure that the altitude of the aircraft was high enough to fly to Kunyang Airport before turning to Kunyang Airport? That's because the aircraft is more likely to lose altitude during the turn under the same power and configuration. However, the altitude is now
How dare Xu Xian and the others dare to test their lives at will?
If you turn to fly towards Kunyang Airport, and later find that the altitude is not enough, and then turn back to Dianyun Airport, you will lose a lot of altitude in those two turns, and the aircraft will not be altitude enough, even if you are going to Dianyun Airport to land.
There is no theoretical possibility anymore.
However, the irony is that Star Travel 6233 can indeed glide to Kunyang Airport. Kunyang Airport is also a good emergency landing site in theory, but everyone ignores that it rained last night, and the soil ground will become soft as a result.
It cannot accommodate large passenger planes.
Now that the plane is flying towards Kunyang Airport, if it temporarily turns back to Dianyun Airport and turns to lose altitude twice in a row, the original theoretical possibility will disappear. Even if Star Travel 6233 always maintains the best glide ratio
, the plane still can’t reach Dianyun Airport.
Through the right side window, Xu Xian saw the densely packed buildings surrounding the airport illuminated by the rising sun, which cut off his last hope of returning to Dianyun Airport. He sighed, with endless sadness: "God wants to
Kill me!"
At this moment, Xu Xian didn't even know what to do next.
Between the two airports, Kunyang Airport cannot land, and Dianyun Airport cannot fly, leaving Xu Xian with only a dead end.
Wen Jingshu, who had some hope a moment ago, heard Xu Xian's words, and her heart was clenched again. She didn't understand why when the leaders of the flight department were praising Xu Xian's excellent choice before, in the blink of an eye, the two crew members
I have completely lost hope again.
She stepped forward, pulled away the technician, pressed the call button, and contacted Xu Xian: "Xu Xian, what's going on?"
"It rained last night and Kunyang Airport can't get there!" Xu Xian replied in despair. At this moment, even Xu Xian felt that there was nothing he could do.
Although Xu Xian wanted to answer Wen Jingshu, due to the existence of the emergency communication system, Xu Xian's voice could also be heard in the control room.
"It's raining? Why can't it fall?" The tower control didn't understand Xu Xian's logic at first. Suddenly, the tower control seemed to have thought of something, and his face became ugly: "Isn't it possible? Kunyang has arrived.
Is there still strong compaction of the cushion layer now?”
Kunyang Airport and Dianyun Airport are not far from each other and there is not much difference in terrain conditions. When Dianyun Airport was built at that time, the hard plastic, plastic red clay and clay soil of Dianyun Airport were subject to strong compaction of cushions.
Ground treatment methods.
The soil at Kunyang Airport is thicker and widely distributed, so a large-area cushion compaction method is required.
The tower controller will not go to Kunyang Airport for the time being, so he is not very concerned about the news about Kunyang Airport. However, in his opinion, it has been so many months since Kunyang Airport started construction. Apart from other things, the foundation should be at least seven
Probably seven or eight.
Once the foundation is compacted, even if it rains, the ground will definitely be softer, but it should only be a thin layer on the surface. If the plane falls on it, there is a high probability that it will not sink very deeply. In this way, the plane will still have
There is no chance of disintegration.
But if the soil layer has not been treated, then it has rained all night and the soil is loose and soft. As soon as the wheels of the aircraft touch the ground, they will sink deeply. Isn't it a dead end?
This is not the controller's imagination, this kind of situation happened many years ago!
The accident was not because there was any problem with the aircraft engine, but because the runway was too slippery on a rainy day, the crew failed to control the direction of the landing roll and ran out of the runway shortly after touchdown and onto the grass next to it.
As soon as the plane entered the grassy field, the landing gear sank directly into the soil. First, the landing gear separated, then the wings broke, and finally the aircraft body was broken into three parts. Of the 160 people on board, only 12 survived.
This is when the plane crashed onto the grass after touching down. You must know that the maximum grounding load of the plane occurred when it just touched down, and this time it was caught by the runway. If in that accident the plane fell directly onto the grass, then
There is no sequence for the landing gear to separate first, and the fuselage will break directly.
It was with the lessons learned from the past that the tower controller could understand where Xu Xian's despair came from.
"It seems not!" A controller looked equally ugly: "Not long after Kunyang Airport started construction, it was suspended due to funding problems. It was suspended for several months..."
"I..." The tower controller was so angry that he just wanted to curse, but he finally held back.
Compared with the tower control who has no interest in the new airport, Xu Xian still knows something about Kunyang Airport. Because Star Travel Airlines is a local airline in Dianyun City, once Kunyang Airport is opened, Star Travel Airlines' base airport will
Moved to Kunyang Airport. Therefore, it is not that Xu Xian is really interested in Kunyang Airport. Rather, Star Travel Airlines will push some news about Kunyang Airport from time to time, so Xu Xian is not interested in Kunyang Airport.
We still have a rough idea of the progress of the project.
Even though we know that Kunyang Airport has not yet undergone soil treatment, the ground surface has at least been leveled, and it is quite good to have a flat open space.
But God was not kind to us, and a heavy rain last night turned the ground into mud.
At this time, the passengers in the aircraft cabin had already been frightened after experiencing the internal explosion of the engine. However, now that the aircraft was in the sky, there was no way to escape.
Some people have expressionless faces, some are swearing harshly, and there are even many colleagues hugging each other and bursting into tears. It’s really all kinds of things in the world.
The steward saw that there were all kinds of people in the cabin, and as long as they didn't run around, he didn't care.
Although the flight attendants are not professional pilots, they have flown so many flights and they still know what the sound of an engine should be when it is running normally. The flight attendants in the front cabin can see two engines just by looking out through the porthole at the front of the cabin.
The engine's turbofan blades had basically stopped rotating, so they basically knew what was going on.
At this time, some passengers on the right side discovered that Dianyun Airport was actually on the right side of the plane's flight direction. From this look, it seemed that the plane was not planning to return to Dianyun Airport.
Both engines have blown up. Where else can we go if we don’t go back to Dianyun Airport?
"Where are you going on the plane? Why don't you go back?" Some excited passengers could no longer stand the depressing atmosphere and began to question the flight attendants loudly.
Many passengers simply thought that since there was something wrong with the engine and the plane had just taken off, why not return to Dianyun Airport? Is it possible that they would have to make an emergency landing in the wild like what was shown in the movie?
Movies are one thing, reality is another. If you make a forced landing in the wild, what is it but seeking death?
Some passengers who maintained restraint originally believed in the professional ability of the crew, but when they heard that the plane was not flying to Dianyun Airport, they suddenly lost control and began to join the condemnation team.
The thoughts and thinking of passengers now are actually no different from Li Zhiming, who just wanted to land at Dianyun Airport. People under extreme fear can easily go into dead ends in thinking. Whether it is Li Zhiming or these people, they see the plane flying in another direction.
The angry passengers stubbornly believed that returning to Dianyun Airport was the only way out.
Of course their thoughts are wrong and narrow-minded, but it makes no difference now. Because the place they are flying to now is also a dead end.
Some overly excited passengers even stood up and pointed at the front cabin cabin and cursed loudly, forcing the cabin crew to give an explanation.
Sitting in the front cabin cabin were the flight attendant and flight attendant No. 3. As soon as Flight Attendant No. 3 saw someone standing up, he immediately dutifully asked the passengers to sit down. It can be seen that the passengers even wanted to go to the corridor and were ready to unlock the safety
Take, go and stop.
Who knew that as soon as the No. 3 flight attendant got up, he was directly held down by the flight attendant: "Don't go, we are about to land, fasten your seat belt."
"It's about to land, sister, how did you know?" Flight Attendant No. 3 said in surprise.
"Shortly after takeoff, both engines had problems. Life or death was a matter of minutes, wasn't it? How long do you think we can fly?" The flight attendant held the hand of flight attendant No. 3: "Sit tight and buckle up."
Only if you take it with you will you have a chance to survive."
"Sister, the passenger said we didn't go to Dianyun..." In fact, even though the flight attendant No. 3 seemed calm, she was surprised that the plane did not return to Dianyun Airport.
With the most normal thinking and imagination, everyone can understand what it means to make an emergency landing in the wild, especially in an area with undulating terrain like Yunnan!
"Shut up!" the flight attendant sternly shouted: "We are in charge of the passenger cabin. How the plane flies is the cockpit's business! If you don't need to take care of it, don't take care of it! It's okay for passengers to ask this. How can you behave like a flight attendant?
So ignorant?"
Flight attendant No. 3 was severely criticized by the flight attendant, and her eyes were red: "Sister, but I'm afraid!"
In fact, neither the passengers nor the flight crew knew the specific situation of the plane. All they could know was that two engines seemed to have malfunctioned, and the plane was not flying to Dianyun Airport.
However, the passengers and crew had no idea how damaged the two engines were, whether they could be restarted, what the flight crew's intentions were, or whether the plane was likely to land safely.
It is precisely because of this lack of information that has been tormenting passengers and crew. Sometimes, death may not be terrible, but waiting for death is a kind of torture.
It's just that the flight crew has received special training and is more restrained.
"Yes! Everyone is scared!" The flight attendant sighed, raised his eyelids, and saw the passengers who were ready to come to the front cabin to question him face to face. He picked up the microphone and turned on the announcement: "The plane is about to land, please buckle up."
bring!"
After that, just ignore the passenger.
"The plane is about to land!" The excited passenger seemed to have punched cotton. He was stunned for a moment, and then quickly retracted his left foot that was already on the corridor, sat down without stopping, and carefully checked his feet.
The seat belt doesn't look as tense as it did just now.
Not to mention that passenger, as soon as the other passengers heard the flight attendant saying that they were about to land, they all started to check their seat belts. They had no time to worry about why the plane was not at Dianyun Airport.
They knew that this landing was no different than usual, and the safety belt could be an important guarantee for their survival, and no one dared to neglect it.
In the rear cabin cabin, Xia Qing and the fourth flight attendant heard the flight attendant's words and also checked their seat belts.
To be continued...