Chapter 22 Don't move, let it burn!
In the cabin, there was only one young man in the first-class area. He had delicate features and an extraordinary temperament, but when the flight attendant informed him that the plane had a malfunction and needed to return to the airport, his mood became even worse.
"I should have known I wouldn't have bought tickets from this crappy company. Even sneaking out to play can cause problems." The young man was very annoyed. He was not worried about the safety of the plane, but he was angry that his hard-earned leisure time would be lost because of this plane.
Calculating the time, the business jet of my workaholic sister should have taken off, so there won't be an extreme situation where I bump into my sister after returning to the scene.
He had just asked the flight attendant about the subsequent takeoff, but the flight attendant could not give him any definite information. He was even thinking about changing flights if he had to wait for a long time.
He stretched himself and could see the details of the ground through the window beside him. It looked like he would land soon. For some reason, he felt very bad before landing. The whole plane was shaking. He would never fly with this airline again.
Just as he was thinking about his next plan, he felt the plane seemed to be shaking more and more violently, so he cursed and prepared to tighten his seat belt again.
But just as his hand touched the buckle of the seat belt, the plane seemed to be lifted up suddenly by something and it actually rose up again.
"It's pulled up?" Having had so many experiences of flying, the young man could still feel such obvious changes.
He turned his head slightly and glanced at the two flight attendants sitting in the front cabin, one of whom was the chief flight attendant. They looked confused, and it was obvious that they didn't know how the plane took off. However, after the plane took off, they leaned their heads together and whispered to each other with worry on their faces, looking very mysterious.
"What's going on?"
The young man didn't care why the flight had to go around. He only knew that he would have to wait at least another 20 minutes after taking off. Did he really think he had a lot of free time?
Regardless of whether the plane was climbing or not, he immediately wanted to press the call bell to ask the flight attendant to come over and give an explanation.
Just as his finger was about to touch the call bell, the entire plane seemed to have hit something hard, and the fuselage shook so much that it was about to fall apart.
This is obviously not caused by normal airflow!
Before the young man could react to what was happening, the economy class area at the back erupted in a loud shouting noise, which was continuous and of varying tones. It was obviously not the work of one person or a small group of people, but a large-scale riot.
Two flight attendants in the front cabin workroom heard the noise in the economy class. The one leaning against the aisle stretched his head to see what was going on.
However, before anyone could see what was happening, a shrill cry of panic broke out in the cabin: "The engine... exploded!"
In the tower, the tower controller could see from radar and visual that Feiyu 6321 had already pulled up. However, he did not take the initiative to contact the crew first, but waited for the crew to contact him.
But less than half a minute after the plane entered its initial climb, the tower controller found the Feiyu Airlines plane in the azure blue sky. In his infinitely shocked eyes, a dozens-meter-long fire snake suddenly spurted out near the left wing , which looked spectacular from a distance.
In the relatively leisurely tower control room, many people saw this scene, especially the colleagues around the controller, who stood up instantly and asked, "How could this happen?"
The tower controller seemed to be biting the nail of his right thumb as if it was a conditioned reflex, as if this could slightly calm his heart which was already somewhat out of control.
"The engine is damaged internally and the fuel pipe is leaking. The leaked fuel was ignited by the high-temperature wake." The tower controller withdrew his gaze from the large window and quickly came to the radar screen, which showed the altitude and position information of Feiyu 6321 aircraft.
"Five thousand feet, three nautical miles from home, too dangerous." The tower controller calculated the altitude-to-distance ratio, feeling worried. Given the location of Flight 6321, with both engines out, five thousand feet was not enough in the strict sense.
Moreover, the crew had a most fatal problem, they needed to make a U-turn!
Jianchuan Airport is located in the airport working area, which has many scattered factories and residential areas on the periphery. There is no possibility of an emergency landing in other places, so the crew can only turn back.
"Has the crew contacted?" At this time, my colleague also came to the radar screen and saw the altitude information of Feiyu 6321. His face was full of worry: "Can we turn around at this altitude?"
The tower controller had a gloomy face. Logically, the altitude would drop very quickly during the turn, which made the already precarious altitude even more stretched.
Intellectually, the plane was destined to touch down outside the runway.
"I hope the engine hasn't shut down immediately and can hold on a little longer." The tower controller sighed and could only place his hopes on empty fantasies.
At the same time, in the cockpit of Feiyu 6321, Xu Cang glanced at the DU data of Engine No. 1. He saw that the N1 speed of Engine No. 1 was madly decreasing in the violent fluctuations, while the EGT was going up against the trend and was almost approaching the limit.
As the N1 speed of the No. 1 engine fluctuated violently, the aircraft also rose and fell quickly, just like the breath of life.
"I'll take control!" Xu Cang said without hesitation: "Start the APU, let's turn around!"
The captain was stunned and hadn't realized what was going on. The sudden loud explosion seemed to come from the left engine, but he couldn't figure out why it happened.
Of course, in-depth assessment is never , especially at such a critical moment. Both engines are about to lose thrust, and hesitating will only lose the last chance of survival.
"Flying Feather 6321, both engines have lost thrust, turning around on the spot and making a visual landing." Xu Cang pressed the start button and briefly stated his purpose. After that, he pressed to the left without caring whether the tower agreed or not.
At this critical moment, Xu Cang was only notifying the tower instead of asking for its permission.
As if to confirm what Xu Cang said, the EGT of engine No. 1 finally broke through the red line limit, followed by a ding ding ding fire warning sound.
The co-pilot in the back shouted as if it was a conditioned reflex: "Engine 1 fire alarm, there is a memory project."
The captain was already nervous, and the co-pilot's guidance made him involuntarily grasp the thrust handle of Engine No. 1 with his right hand. Now that the autothrottle had been disconnected, the next step in the memory project was to retract the thrust handle of Engine No. 1.
However, Xu Cang stared at the captain coldly: "Don't move, let it burn."
