Aziz glanced at the ground radar screen and felt helpless.
Ground radar can monitor all aircraft moving on the ground of the airport. It is usually used in times of low visibility, such as sandstorms.
Area controllers can use this tool to gain an overview of the entire runway, visually confirming on the screen that aircraft are indeed where they are supposed to be.
But tonight the system is broken. It is always good and bad, which gives the air traffic controllers a headache. They cannot believe it and rely more on their own experience, visual inspection, and air traffic control regulations.
They have applied for repairs and upgrades, but this is the same all over the world. The procedures are complicated and bureaucratic. This process will be delayed indefinitely, unless an accident occurs one day and the decision is made overnight!
...The island-wide DJ-1493 is only 15 kilometers away from Dibai Airport, and they have not yet received landing permission from the tower.
What they are doing now is the final preparations before the plane lands.
Bei Haiyang, “speed brake.”
Yin Teng, "Okay, flap position one."
Then Bei Haiyang began to contact the control tower again, "The whole island is empty, 1493, requesting landing instructions."
Area controller Aziz's voice came from the tower channel, "West wing 5006, ground... tower."
Bei Haiyang and Yin Teng looked at each other, a little helpless. It was obvious that the area controller was very busy now and had no time to pay attention to them. He was busy guiding other aircraft and ignored the 1493 call.
..."Spring 569 taxis to runway 24 left and waits. The aircraft will pass from the front field."
"Okay, wait on the 24th left, Spring 569."
"West Wing 5006, Tower."
There was no reply from 5006, which made Aziz a little confused. Where did this plane go?
...In the sky, flight 1493 is still making preparations step by step.
Yin Teng, "Flaps 30, green light, spoiler on."
Bei Haiyang, "Landing gear, flaps, um, okay, we are still waiting for landing permission."
The plane was still 7 kilometers away from the airport, but they had not yet obtained landing permission, which made both of them a little unhappy; but they were not happy at all. They were still in a normal state, but they were a little pressed for time.
...On the tower, Aziz squinted his eyes, stood up and looked out the window at the airport. There was a huge lamppost outside, shining bright light at the airport, but from his angle, it was a bit dazzling! Can't see it.
To the slimmer Spring 569!
Moreover, there are still some troubles that have not been resolved.
"Sun Dance 518, taxi to runway 24 left, leave the taxiway and contact the ground, point 65, good night."
He repeated, "West wing 5006, taxiing across runway 24 left."
At this time, West Wing 5006 was located north of runway 24 left. It needed to cross the runway to the south, but the plane disappeared for a short time. The pilot did not respond. Aziz spent nearly a minute trying to establish a radio with 5006.
Contact, and then the voice of the West Wing 5006 pilot sounded.
"West Wing 5006, frequency restored! Changed radio frequency, sorry."
Aziz said, "5006, I heard you again. I thought you had lost contact."
"I'm sorry, we thought so too. I'm really sorry."
Aziz shook his head helplessly, "It doesn't matter."
Due to operational reasons, pilots occasionally accidentally touch radio frequencies and cause contact interruption. This is common and there is nothing he can do about it, but in such a busy time period, such misunderstandings are very annoying.
"Tower, West Wing 5072 is preparing to take off."
"West Wing 5072?" Aziz shook his yellow head in confusion, he had forgotten something!
"West Wing 5072, are you on 47 or runway head?"
"We're at the end of the runway."
"Okay, wait."
"Received, 5072 waiting."
Aziz began to make mistakes for various reasons and frequent accidents. He tried hard to focus on a few large aircraft, but completely forgot that there was a Spring 569 at position 47 of runway 24 left!
And in his quick glance just now, he didn't see the small plane. The ground radar was broken again!
...Bei Haiyang contacted the tower twice in less than a minute. He must obtain permission from the area controller to land.
He continued to call, "Island-wide airspace 1493 to 24 left..."
Aziz's voice in the channel was still dealing with other aircraft, "246 to 270, contact us for approach and departure, good night."
Yin Teng reminded, "It has dropped to 1,000 feet."
Flight 1493 was still 1 minute away from the airport runway. The pilot called this "short final". This is not uncommon in airport control. It is for the purpose of distinguishing priorities. The aircraft may not get permission to land until it reaches the short final.
Then, the voice they had been waiting for came from the channel,
"Thank you, the whole island is 1493, permission to land is 24 left."
Bei Haiyang saw Yin Teng heaving a sigh of relief, and smiled to himself that he was still inexperienced.
"Permission to land, 24 left, 1493."
Yin Teng shook his head, "It seems pretty good."
Bei Haiyang, "Down to 500 feet!"
Yin Teng pressed the control stick and the plane steadily lowered its altitude.
Bei Haiyang kept reporting the altitude and kept his eyes on the runway! This is what every pilot must do when landing, that is, make sure there is nothing on the runway!
If it is during the day, the runway can be seen at a glance, and of course there will be no accidents; but at night, the entire runway is covered with runway lights, and the aircraft's navigation lights are perfectly integrated with the runway lights! It is impossible to tell the difference!
There should be anti-collision lights on the tail of the aircraft. These are colored lights that can be distinguished; but the problem lies in the subtle differences in the flight procedures of small aircraft and large aircraft!
Large planes will turn on their anti-collision lights as soon as they get on the runway, but small private planes are not so strict in this regard. They usually turn on their anti-collision lights after getting permission to take off. It is this small difference that makes Spring 569
The entire aircraft body was submerged in the runway lights. Only the navigation lights on both sides of the wings were emitting light, but they were drowned by the stronger runway lights!
Bei Haiyang was never careless in this regard. Even if he couldn't see clearly, he still stared straight ahead. Naturally, his mental power extended forward with his gaze...
"400 feet...300 feet...200 feet..."
Suddenly, his eyes spotted an unevenly arranged light source among the straight runway lights!
There was no time to think or even speak. He suddenly pulled the joystick back, almost completely into his arms. At the same time, he pushed the accelerator to the bottom with his right hand and shouted:
"Change flap position, climb!"
Yin Teng's reaction was not slow either. He quickly retracted the flaps, restored the speed brakes and spoilers to their normal positions. The huge aircraft roared under the sudden increase in power and began to change its attitude with difficulty!
The lever he pulled is about 200 feet, which is less than a hundred meters high; but you can't pull up a plane of several hundred tons just by pulling it up. It will continue to fall, but at a slower rate, and then it will pass a certain critical point.
Will climb again!
He shouted on the channel: "Damn it! There's something on the runway!"
The plane dropped lower, and the two of them could clearly see the fuselage of the Spring 569 on the runway. Although the fuselage was small, it was still big enough for them to crash the plane and kill everyone!
Yin Teng shouted, "Do you want to turn?"
Bei Haiyang scolded: "What the hell! Will you turn your wheels when you see a small stone on the highway?"