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Chapter 961 Flying Genius

The cabin was already in chaos just now, with the sound of passengers crying, praying and the whistling sound of the strong wind pouring into the cabin mixed together. The cockpit door had been damaged, and the wind from the broken windshield glass blew directly into the cabin.

The first class cabin is slightly better, the number of people is not large, and the quality of passengers is higher. They can sit in their seats quietly under the advice of the flight attendants. Of course, they were so scared that they were all gone, and many people kept making crosses on their chests to pray.

Feng Jing was even more worried that Xia Rufei had never come back after she went in front. She was very worried about Xia Rufei's safety.

At this moment, the flight attendant Guli came over and leaned into her ear and said that her friend was in the cockpit and asked her to come over with her. She immediately stood up and followed Guli to the cockpit.

When he arrived at the cockpit, Feng Jing was even more shocked. Captain Brooke's arm was bleeding from blood in the passenger seat. The windshield in front of him had disappeared, and there was only a big hole where strong winds kept pouring in. The cockpit was even more messy, and the instrument panel on the side of the passenger seat was lifted off.

What made Feng Jing even more frightened was that Xia Rufei was the one who was flying the plane now!

When did this guy learn to fly a plane? Also, are there no pilots on the plane? Feng Jing suddenly felt that the whole world was collapsed...

Xia Ruofei was concentrating on flying the plane down the altitude. He had no time to say too much to Feng Jing, but just turned around and shouted: "Sit down in the seat behind me and tie the seat belt! Flight officer, please help her put on the oxygen mask!"

The seat behind him is closest to him. Once the plane loses control and is about to crash, Xia Rufei only needs one thought to bring Feng Jing into the Lingtu space.

Feng Jing sat down on the seat behind Xia Rufei with a confused expression, and with the help of flight attendant Guli, he fastened his seat belt and put on an oxygen mask.

The plane dropped rapidly in a dive posture while roaring. Although the thrust had been reduced, the airspeed was still increasing. The entire plane was trembling, as if it could disintegrate at any time.

The altitude displayed by the altimeter is also falling rapidly, and the oxygen content in the cabin is naturally gradually increasing.

When the altimeter indicated that the altimeter reached ten thousand feet, about three thousand meters, Captain Brooke finally breathed a sigh of relief. He shouted: "Xia! Now try to maintain this altitude as much as possible! Lower the speed appropriately!"

"Okay!" Xia Ruofei said.

He focused on controlling the joystick, slowly adjusting the aircraft's posture to a level flight. At the same time, he continued to close the accelerator according to Brooke's suggestion, and the airspeed that had been increasing due to diving just now began to slowly drop.

After the speed dropped, the airflow poured into the hole formed by the windshield burst was naturally not so violent, and the noise in the cockpit was reduced a little.

At this time, Brooke was basically able to confirm that the plane and passengers were temporarily safe.

Only then did he start to try to contact the ground and determine the location of his plane.

Because many instruments on the co-pilot side were damaged in explosive pressure loss, Brooke is now unable to determine the position of the aircraft through the global satellite positioning system. However, he knew that the plane had decelerated from the beginning to the emergency lower altitude behind, the ground air traffic control must have noticed an abnormality, so it should be no problem for him to call directly in the emergency frequency of civil aviation.

Brooke called through emergency frequency: "May day! may day! may day! qf108 flight! qf108 flight! We were hijacked, our body was damaged, and the cabin was explosively out of pressure! Ask for help from the ground radar!"

Brooke first declared a flight emergency with three consecutive "may days", then clearly stated the flight number and briefly reported the situation.

He was also a little worried about the communication system being damaged, but fortunately a response came from the headphones. Although he was not very clear in the loud noise and the sound was intermittent, the communication was not interrupted, which made Brooke feel much more at ease.

"qf108, report your altitude and speed!" The sound of the air-tube was loud and weak, and sometimes it was heard into Brooke's ears.

Brooke quickly glanced at the altimeter and airspeed meter in front of him that could work normally, and reported the current altitude to the air traffic control, and then asked: "We applied for the nearest airport to make an emergency landing. Where are we now?"

Due to the very loud noise in the cockpit and the air-to-ground communication function seemed to have been affected a little, which was a bit intermittent, Captain Brooke only vaguely heard a few words but did not get any useful information.

He had no choice but to say, "I didn't hear it clearly, please repeat it! qf108!"

The controller repeated it again, but Brooke still couldn't hear it clearly and couldn't help but feel anxious.

Xia Rufei also wore headphones. His hearing was much better than Brooke, and he basically heard what the controller said clearly.

So Xia Rufei turned his head and said loudly: "Captain Brooke, I heard the other party say in the headphones that we are in the Auckland intelligence zone. Now we have two options, one is to fly to Japan, and the other is to fly to Saipan. The distance is about the same. The controller said that we can make a decision by ourselves!"

Captain Brooke often flies this route, and he roughly judges the position of the plane as soon as he hears it. Of course, since Wilkins deliberately deviates the plane from the route, Brooke's judgment may not be very accurate, it is just a rough area.

Fortunately, there is ground radar guidance, so the plane will not lose its course in the vast sea.

Captain Brooke thought quickly, and finally, considering that Qantas has a base at Saipan Airport, the ground coordination may be relatively convenient, and he is relatively familiar with Saipan Airport, so he quickly made a decision.

"We decided to make a forced landing in Saipan! qf108." Captain Brooke said decisively, "Please provide radar guidance! In addition, due to the cabin pressure loss, we applied to maintain an altitude of 10,000 feet!"

Xia Rufei heard intermittent voices coming from his headphones: "qf108, agree to keep 10,000 feet. I will guide you back to the route to Saipan. Please turn left to 150!"

When Xia Rufei saw Brooke pressing the headphones hard, he knew that he must have not heard clearly what the other party was saying, so he acted as a soundtrack again and repeated the controller's words.

"Please confirm the command, allow to keep 10,000 feet, turn left to head 150!qf108!" Brooke repeated the controller's instructions.

"Reposting is correct!" said the controller.

"I understand, qf108!" This time the instruction was shorter, and Brooke responded quickly.

Then he began to guide Xia Rufei, teaching him to use the pole and rudder to make the plane start to turn.

The turning of an aircraft seems simple, which is to pedal the rudder or turn the pilot rod. Both methods can make the aircraft turn. However, if the aileron is used only to control the aileron to make the aircraft turn, the aircraft will tilt, but the direction of the nose does not turn. The entire turning process is very slow and the resistance is particularly large.

If the rudder is used only to control it, the nose suddenly turns when the fuselage is not tilted, the airflow direction on the wing changes drastically, the lift drops, and the fuselage is subject to increased force, which will cause the aircraft to fall rapidly at a height.

The correct approach is naturally to cooperate with the rod and the rudder to allow the aircraft to turn the nose while tilting. Only in this way can the aircraft draw a perfect curve in the air that is smooth and round and does not change in height.

However, this may be an instinctive action for an old pilot, but it is very difficult for a pure rookie like Xia Rufei.

So after Brooke talked to Xia Rufei about the way to turn, he did not have any hope for Xia Rufei's operation. He did not expect stability and perfection at all. As long as he could turn around, it would be fine.

Xia Rufei was indeed a little busy at the beginning. Either the rudder was too much, and the driving rod was not well matched well, or the driving rod was turned, but the rudder did not keep up, and the height of the plane was also rising and falling during the turn.

However, after practicing "The Great Dao Jue", Xia Rufei has a very strong learning ability, especially for such projects that require high physical coordination, he mastered them very quickly.

After a while, Xia Rufei had already figured out the way. During the next turn, the fuselage of the plane leaned slightly left, and the nose of the plane turned left. The plane drew an arc in the air. The altimeter opportunity remained on the same number throughout the process.

Brooke couldn't help but be dumbfounded. This talent for learning is too strong! This simple turn move may have to be practiced for several lessons, but Xia Rufei may not be able to achieve such a perfect feeling as a veteran pilot in just one or two minutes.

If Xia Rufei hadn't performed before, she was a pure novice and knew almost nothing about jetliners. Brooke even thought that Xia Rufei was joking before, and she was just a skilled pilot!

Brooke quickly came back from his shock, because the course had reached 140, and he quickly said, "Xia! Now start to level the plane slowly!"

In fact, there is no need for Brooke to remind that Xia Rufei has slowly reduced the turning slope. The controller asked the heading 150. He definitely cannot wait until the heading 150 before operating. The plane's turning posture changes from a turning posture to a direct flight also requires a response time, and he will definitely turn his head at that time.

If it is an autopilot to control the aircraft, the whole process will definitely be quite smooth and precise. By the time of course 150, the aircraft will just turn into a direct flight posture, and the person riding the aircraft will not feel the changes that are too big or too urgent.

But if the pilot operates manually, it will naturally not be as accurate as the computer control, and there will be some adjustments to the left and right.

However, Xia Rufei's turn operation was like an autopilot controlled. When the course reached 150, the aircraft's attitude had just flattened and began to fly directly towards this course.

Brooke was even more surprised. He would rather believe that this was a blind cat who encountered a dead mouse. It would be too terrifying that a rookie who had only been in contact with transport helicopters could do this level when he first drove a large jet.

Brooke believes that even if he was not injured and personally manipulating the plane would be able to do this.

The next flight was to fly under the guidance of air traffic control. During this period, two aviation control areas were switched. The air traffic along the way placed the aircraft declared an emergency in the first sequence, clearing the airspace early and the route was unobstructed.

Brooke also contacted Qantas Sybian base.

When the flight deviated from the radar, Qantas received the news as soon as possible. It can be said that the company's hearts were hanging, and now it was finally in contact. Although the plane was damaged, there were no passenger casualties. It can be said that it was a blessing in disguise.

Qantas also quickly took action and coordinated Symbian's airports, customs, inspection and quarantine, and hospitals.

Saipan Airport also transferred other planes early to clear the airspace to flight qf108.

During the entire flight, Brooke finally had to admit that Xia Rufei might be a flying genius. He can be said to have learned the manual control of the plane from scratch, but the speed of getting started is simply jaw-dropping. Every time the plane's steering and height adjustment can almost see Xia Rufei's progress.

As the plane approaches Saipan Airport, an area was marked on the ground to provide the plane with fuel discharge flights to Australia. The range is not more than half of it, and there is still a large amount of air fuel in the fuel tank. If the weight is too heavy, the aircraft landing gear and structure may be damaged.

Especially the actual control of the plane is a rookie who has never received one minute of Airbus flight training, so it is even more dangerous to land heavily.

Fortunately, Brooke, an experienced captain, was also on the plane. Although he was unable to control the plane due to an arm injury, he could undertake air-to-ground communication tasks and could guide Xia Rufei at any time.

Therefore, the entire oil discharge process was also very smooth. After calculation, Captain Brooke decided to release 10 tons of aviation fuel, which is less than the theoretical number, because considering that Xia Rufei had no flight experience at all, Captain Brooke did not dare to hope to successfully land in one go.

Since we have to make plans to resume flights, we naturally need to keep more aviation fuel.

Soon, the aircraft gradually descended under the command of air traffic control. This time, the standard entry procedures were not implemented. Because the ground already knew the current situation of the aircraft, and other flights had been transferred to hover in different airspaces, it was natural that everything was simple.

Under Captain Brooke's continuous reminder and guidance, Xia Rufei controlled the plane and gradually approached Saipan Airport. Brooke's heart also raised up. The time to test whether Xia Rufei is a real flying genius has finally come...
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