It is not easy for the current 4607 to maintain level flight. The stabilizer is stuck and the nose of the aircraft keeps tilting down!
In order to offset the pull-down force of the stabilizer, they used the adjustable wings of the elevator located on both sides of the tail, which were connected to the joystick by cables. They pulled hard, and the fate of the plane depended on the strength of their arms!
"Things are getting worse, we have to get this damn stabilizer back to normal before we go down!"
Pang Lide spoke very fast, showing his current mood.
The situation is getting more and more complicated. The plane has arrived in the middle of Hebei and is only more than 20 minutes away from Donghai Airport. If everything is normal, they are ready to contact air traffic control and prepare to enter the descent procedure, but now, they still need to make a decision.
Decide, make an emergency landing at the airport?
Should you still choose Donghai Airport? Or the nearby Tianjin Airport? Or Shizhuang Airport? It depends on how well they control the aircraft!
Or to put it more bluntly, can the tail stabilizer return to normal as expected?
In the last few minutes before making the decision, Captain Pang Lid still hoped to perform some troubleshooting and allow the plane to descend in a normal state!
They slowed down and wanted to see what would happen after they slowed down?
Pang Lide planned to try again, "I'm going to try the faulty switch and suitcase handle again. You can hold the plane steady!"
Bei Haiyang didn't answer! He had some vague doubts. Is it beneficial to continue trying this way? Or is it harmful?
In normal operation, every operation requires the pilot and co-pilot to ask and answer questions, and then operate after confirmation! But now because the matter is urgent, and similar operations have been done many times, so even if Bei Haiyang did not answer, Pang Lide still reached out and touched.
switch!
Subconsciously, Bei Haiyang stretched out his hand and stopped his operation!
Taking this step requires great courage. Bei Haiyang has been struggling in his heart, not sure whether he is definitely right, but after this obstruction, he knows that he has no way out!
Pang Lide turned to look at him, with a hint of anger in his surprise, "You don't agree?"
Bei Haiyang breathed out, "I don't agree!"
The "power gradient" in the cockpit is very important! This power gradient cannot be too steep - for example, the captain is the company's vice president in charge of flight, and the co-pilot is a young man who has only flown for 200 hours. This can easily cause
The co-pilot was under the authority of the captain and did not dare to speak up when he discovered the problem, which ultimately caused the accident.
And this power gradient cannot be too flat - one is the newly promoted captain, and the other is the old co-pilot who will soon be promoted to captain. The two people joined the company in the same batch and have basically the same qualifications. This will easily cause the captain to be unable to establish authority.
influence decision-making.
The captain is a cadre, a teacher, an old comrade or a strong personality, while the co-pilot is a new comrade who has just boarded the plane. With such a crew arrangement, the captain is wary of monitoring the co-pilot's control actions;
The co-pilot often praises the captain's actions more than he criticizes them, and imitates them more than inspects them. Even if he discovers something strange or inappropriate, he will first think that this is another flying style!
These are cockpit politics unique to the aviation industry!
But if the first officer resolutely opposes the captain's order, then no matter who is right or wrong in the final result, the first officer is bound to be unlucky. The first officer may be grounded for a period of time, or the pilot's license may be revoked. So at this time, Bei Haiyang's choice is
A road of no return!
"Why?" Pang Lide tried his best to suppress the rising anger in his heart. Now was the time for the two of them to cooperate sincerely. He didn't expect that this rookie would dare to do this with him!
Bei Haiyang tried his best to explain, "We have tried the faulty switch and the suitcase handle three times! Three times it didn't work! So the fourth try still doesn't work. Is it a normal trend? We shouldn't expect too much sudden changes?
After the third attempt, the plane dived inexplicably, which must be related to our attempt! So I thought that maybe it was not a problem with the electric motor, but maybe a more serious mechanical failure that could not be solved by restarting the motor!
"
Pang Lide said bluntly, "You are not sure about this!"
Bei Haiyang said, "Yes, I'm not sure! But what I can be sure of is that if the dive just now happens again, we may not be as lucky as last time to pull the plane back!"
What Bei Haiyang actually means is that he is worried that if he continues to try these two switches, something more serious will happen. Although it is very bad now, he can still fly at least, but if the stabilizer deflects uncontrollably, it will be a miracle.
I can't save them!
Pang Lide has controlled his emotions. He has extremely rich flying experience and can understand Bei Haiyang's worries. However, there is no right or wrong in this kind of thing, but the order in which the problem is dealt with is different!
"You mean, just pull the joystick and make an emergency landing? Or at night? Do you know that such an emergency landing is also extremely dangerous? According to the records in aviation history, the success rate is no more than 50%!
Flight safety should focus on correct procedures, not showing off your flying skills! Your instructor should have taught you this on your first day on the plane!
This is not a fighter jet. There are hundreds of lives and we must be responsible for them. This is not the time to show off as a personal hero!"
Bei Haiyang did not flinch, "I'll take control, I have confidence! It's better than falling down!"
These are two different philosophies for handling critical situations!
Pang Lide's philosophy is to try his best to eliminate the fault in the air, and then strive for a relatively safe emergency landing condition! There may be something wrong with operating those two switches, but it may also be okay, no one can be sure; but based on his experience, even if something happens,
He can also control a dive like the last time!
As long as the stabilizer doesn't fly out, it's stuck. How could it be worse?
Bei Haiyang insists that the jamming of the stabilizer is the most unpredictable danger. He doesn't know if starting the electric motor back and forth will cause the stabilizer to completely lose control, leading to a more fatal situation than the current stuck position!
Leveling off after a dive is not that easy to do, and now that the aircraft is slower, the specific environmental conditions have changed!
Therefore, he would rather just get stuck and make an emergency landing. At most, it would be more dangerous during the emergency landing because the plane is difficult to control!
But he believes that such problems are within his own capabilities!
This is the fundamental difference between the two, which cannot be reconciled!
Pang Lide said coldly: "According to Articles 1, 5, and 17 of the Pilot Guidelines, I have the right to order you to obey the captain's command!"
Bei Haiyang refused to give in, "According to the second revised regulations of the latest version of the Pilot Driving Guidelines, I request to take full control of Flight 4607!"