Chapter 25: Emergency Landing Outside the Runway
As the No. 1 engine stopped running, the generators driven by the two engines all failed, the aircraft's AC power supply stopped working, and after a slight sound of a switch tripping in the cockpit, the lights dimmed.
Xu Cang glanced to the upper left , and the captain understood what he meant, and almost immediately turned on both sides of the APU generator switch that had already started. In an instant, the plane received AC power again, and many electrical equipment started to operate again.
When both engines are inoperable, starting the APU is always the first option.
"I'll do the memory project of the engine fire and severe damage." The captain wiped the area between his eyebrows with the thenar part of his hand, leaving a large pool of sweat. Perhaps he himself did not notice how embarrassing his behavior was.
To be honest, even now, he still finds it hard to accept the fact that he was hit by two birds. Two bird strikes is outrageous, but these two bird strikes hit the engine and caused unimaginable damage.
How is this any different than being struck by lightning twice in a row?
Looking forward, he could see the Jianchuan runway in front of him on the left, with the number 05 sign clearly visible. But now the altitude of less than 2,000 feet seemed not enough for him to land on the runway.
However, the captain did not have time to think about these things, he still had a lot of things to do. At this moment, Xu Cang put all his energy into controlling the plane, and he no longer cared about any procedures.
Indeed, when we are on the ground, everyone knows that we are talking about standards. For example, when shutting down the engine, the PM supervises the PF to retract the thrust handle, the PF supervises the PM to cut off the starting handle of the relevant engine, and the PF supervises the PM to pull out the fire extinguishing handle of the relevant engine and rotate it to the stop position.
But now all Xu Cang's energy is focused on maintaining the best glide ratio of the aircraft, and accurately maintaining the ultra-low speed of the aircraft. How can he have the energy to cooperate with the captain to complete the engine fire alarm memory project?
Moreover, the most terrible thing is that the control wheel is constantly shaking, and a normal person can't control it at all. However, Xu Cang was able to control the plane steadily even when the plane was constantly shaking.
At this time, the captain did not cause trouble to Xu Cang, but held Xu Cang's hand and made some movements. The autothrottle had been disconnected, the thrust handle of the No. 1 engine had been retracted, and then the captain held Xu Cang's left hand and asked him to put it on the starting handle of the No. 2 engine.
"You protect the second shot, I'll cut the first shot!" said the captain.
The co-pilot was watching in silence. The captain's behavior was indeed consistent with the PF supervising the PM to cut off the affected engine when the engine start handle was cut. But Xu Cang did not even look at the start handle. All his hand movements were completed under the guidance of the captain. He was completely deceiving himself.
However, the co-pilot didn't say anything, as he knew what were the priorities.
The captain had no psychological burden for this self-deceiving behavior. After cutting off the start handle of the No. 1 engine, he grabbed Xu Cang's hand again, let it cover the APU and No. 2 engine fire extinguisher handles, pretended to pull out the already lit No. 1 engine fire extinguisher handle, and then turned it to the stop position, waited until the fire extinguisher bottle release light came on, and immediately started the timer.
Even if the fire is extinguished, the engine cannot be restored to operation, but it cannot be ignored, otherwise the fire will spread to other parts and cause other unexpected harm. In the current situation, they can no longer afford any unexpected problems.
After the captain had done everything, Xu Cang's voice rang out again: "Five hundred feet, two hundred feet, fifty feet, report to the cabin!"
"I know." The captain did not call the crew, but directly pressed the passenger broadcast: "Crew, take your positions!"
This was a signal to the crew to evacuate, which was agreed upon during the pre-flight communication. However, although many passengers did not understand what the so-called "take your seats" meant, they probably knew that it was not a good thing. This caused the passengers in the front middle of the economy class, near the engine, to panic, and they unbuckled their seat belts and ran to the first class cabin.
The seats behind the economy class were full, so the only place to run was the first class cabin in front. However, four or five rows of people rushed forward, filling up the originally quite empty first class cabin in an instant.
As the only passenger in the first-class cabin, the young man who was originally here had never seen such a scene before. He was already nervous, and now he was frightened to the point that his heart almost stopped beating.
"I just secretly went out to play early, why did I have to go through all this?" The young man curled up in a corner, looking at the panicked people, feeling weak and helpless.
At this critical moment, the chief flight attendant stood up from his workroom and ran to the first-class cabin, facing the crowd rushing over: "Everyone, please return to your seats. This will affect the loading of the plane. The plane is about to land!"
However, the passengers who had already lost their minds had no time to care about these things. They instinctively moved away from the front and middle part of the car, which was close to the burning engine.
The chief flight attendant's words about the impact on the aircraft loading were not an exaggeration. With so many people gathering forward, the nose of the plane began to fall uncontrollably, but in this case, Xu Cang couldn't pull back too much. The plane was already shaking, and if he pulled back any further, the plane would really stall.
"How could this happen?" The captain also noticed something wrong with the plane. If it continued like this, the plane would definitely crash into the uphill slope at the base of the runway, and there would be no doubt that the plane would fail.
Xu Cang's ears moved slightly, and he clearly heard the increasingly clear noise in the rear cabin. He immediately understood the problem.
But the captain's reaction was not slow either. When Xu Cang was distracted to deal with the cabin problem, he directly pressed the passenger broadcast again and roared in an almost broken voice: "If you run forward again, we will all die together!"
The captain's voice was so loud that it almost made Xu Cang's ears buzz. There was no skill in this voice, it was full of emotion, full of a strong desire to survive and exasperation, so that the tone of the last few words was extremely sharp and particularly harsh.
It can only be said that in a critical moment, such words are the most effective. After a brief moment of confusion, the rioting passengers chose to follow the captain's instructions and began to return to their seats. The plane finally began to return to normal!
However, after such a commotion, Xu Cang's face couldn't help but darken! If he was not sure just now, now he can draw a conclusion.
"Listen to my orders, don't make any mistakes!" Xu Cang said sullenly, "We can't land on the runway, we have to make an emergency landing outside the runway!"
