Chapter 264 Yokosuka!
When Xu Cang heard the sound of the mechanism, all the muscles in his body tensed up. Then, he turned his head sharply and looked back in the direction of the cabin door. The co-pilot looked at Xu Cang with a slightly apologetic look: "I'm sorry, I can't just sit there and watch this happen."
"You will regret it!" Xu Cang's eyes moved down and found that the co-pilot had already turned the door handle of the cabin, and it was imperative to open the door.
He didn't try to stop anything. People in this era didn't realize what it meant to put an uncontrollable person in the cockpit.
Taking advantage of the almost imperceptible gap between the doors, Xu Cang reached for the transponder on the central control console with his left hand. But just as Xu Cang was about to turn the transponder knob, the cockpit door suddenly opened completely, and everything outside the cabin appeared in front of Xu Cang, and Xu Cang's left hand was retracted like lightning.
In Xu Cang's vision, just outside the cockpit door, Kuroda Takashi was holding the flight attendant hostage, with the tip of the knife in his right hand still against the flight attendant's neck. However, at this moment, a large amount of blood had already flowed from the flight attendant's neck, soaking half of his upper body. At the same time, there was an obvious wound on his neck, like a spring, bleeding weakly under the rhythm of his breathing.
Perhaps because of excessive bleeding, the flight attendant's face had turned pale, and he had almost no strength to resist. His whole body looked weak and he had to rely on his left hand to hold on to the entrance door frame, otherwise he would not be able to stand steadily.
As the cabin door opened, Kuroda Takashi was overjoyed. However, he was stunned when he saw a three-stripe pilot standing at the door and another in relatively casual clothes sitting in the right seat of the cockpit.
"Really?" Kuroda Takashi glanced at the flight attendant he was holding hostage, a hint of shock flashing across his eyes.
Obviously, Kuroda Takashi had misunderstood. He thought Xu Cang was just an ordinary passenger, which coincided with what the chief flight attendant had said before about the flying experience.
Just now, Kuroda Takashi was furious because he discovered the intention of the flight attendant. Years of obsession with flying made Kuroda Takashi know a lot of civil aviation-related knowledge. When the flight attendant tricked him into drinking water, Kuroda Takashi reacted and realized that the flight attendant dared to deceive him. So the flight attendant's so-called flight experience was naturally impossible, and it was just an excuse to stabilize him.
Kuroda Takashi, who had been relatively calm, suddenly lost control of his emotions and committed such a violent act.
But when the cockpit door opened, everything before his eyes seemed to confirm what the flight attendant had said before.
But it doesn’t matter, the result is the same anyway.
Kuroda Takashi pointed at the co-pilot and said, "Come out."
The co-pilot glanced at the already extremely weak flight attendant and nodded: "I understand."
After saying that, the co-pilot turned back to the captain and said, "Captain, I'm out now."
At this moment, the cabin door was already open, and the captain was already in a dilemma. Even if he wanted to change his mind, it was impossible. He could only remain silent and acquiesce. Seeing the captain's reaction, Xu Cang also gave up any thought of stopping it.
In this era, not only ANA, but many other airlines have not yet fully understood the dangers of hijacking. Just like the co-pilot saw through the cat's eye that the flight attendant's life was in danger and decided to open the door, this was not entirely the co-pilot's personal idea, but was clearly written in the company's regulations.
If the lives of people on board are seriously threatened, the flight crew can open the cockpit door depending on the situation.
It was because of this rule, and the fact that the captain agreed to open the door at first, that the co-pilot resolutely ignored Xu Cang's words and opened the cockpit door himself. At this moment, the captain's expression might have been shaken, but his attitude was not firm, which meant that he had lost the last chance to block it.
Just as he remembered about NH61, the criminals finally entered the cockpit.
However, Xu Cang keenly noticed that when the co-pilot was about to leave the cockpit, his eyes changed significantly, from the initial confusion and fear to determination and courage. Xu Cang realized something almost at the first moment, that the co-pilot had his own plans.
This co-pilot was obviously not the kind of co-pilot who would panic and lose his composure. Although he went against Xu Cang's words, it did not mean that he did not intend to do anything.
The co-pilot was actually quite old, in his thirties, and not much younger than the captain in appearance. Even though he still had three stripes, he was probably not far from the rank of captain. It was precisely because of this qualification that he was able to calm down quickly and even have some plans of his own.
In any case, judging from the current scene, there is only one hijacker, so the problem is actually simple. As long as we control this person, all problems will be solved.
Although this co-pilot is a pilot, he is keen on fitness and has a very strong body. He firmly believes that as long as he takes the enemy by surprise, he will definitely have a chance to defeat the enemy with one strike. When he leaves the cockpit, he can move closer to Kuroda Takashi, which will increase his chances of success.
However, Kuroda Takashi might have been prepared. When the co-pilot came out of the cockpit and was closest to him, he suddenly pushed the almost unconscious flight attendant onto the co-pilot. The co-pilot had thought about many of Kuroda Takashi's reactions, but he really didn't expect Kuroda Takashi to have this trick.
Caught off guard, the co-pilot had no choice but to hold the chief flight attendant. Taking advantage of this gap, Kuroda Takashi squeezed into the cockpit and then directly locked the cockpit door again.
From the moment the co-pilot opened the door to Kuroda Takashi pushing the chief flight attendant to the co-pilot, and finally to Kuroda Takashi taking the opportunity to enter the cockpit, everything was finalized in such a split second that outsiders had not yet reacted.
Looking at the closed cockpit door, the co-pilot sighed slightly. He glanced at the first-class flight attendant standing next to his seat and shouted, "Go get the emergency medical kit."
There are some first aid kits on the plane, some of which are for crew members and some for doctors. The co-pilot knows a little about the contents. After all, although they are cabin stuff, the ground instructors also teach them when they receive relevant emergency survival training, so he remembers some of them.
If he remembered correctly, there were bandages and other hemostatic supplies in the emergency medical kit on the plane. If nothing else, at least the wound on the neck of the flight attendant should be stopped from bleeding. Although the aorta was not injured, if the bleeding continued, the person would go into shock, and then his life would be in danger.
Perhaps because Kuroda Takashi had already entered the cockpit, the first-class cabin attendant's fear was not so direct and oppressive, and she regained her ability to think a little. After hearing the co-pilot's instructions, she hurried to the first-class cabin luggage rack to look for the emergency medical kit.
The emergency medical kit is right at the front row of the luggage rack, so it is quite easy to find.
The first-class cabin attendant directly took down the emergency medical kit. At this moment, the co-pilot had helped the chief flight attendant to the first-class seat and lowered the seat back so that the chief flight attendant could lie as much as possible. The co-pilot was still somewhat experienced. He only let the chief flight attendant lie slightly, but not to the point of lying flat.
The flight attendant is now somewhat conscious. If she lies flat, her tongue may fall back and block her trachea. When a person is awake, if they feel suffocated, they will naturally react immediately, at least to alert others. But now the flight attendant is on the verge of coma. If her tongue falls back and blocks her trachea and she cannot breathe, she may not be able to give any feedback at all, and she will enter deep suffocation while she is unconscious, and may eventually die on the spot. This is undoubtedly extremely dangerous.
At one side, the first-class flight attendant hurriedly opened the emergency medical kit and took out a hemostatic bandage from it, but when she turned to look at her chief flight attendant, she didn't know how to start.
Yes, the flight attendants had gone through simple emergency training. But the training was only simple, and the training was just training after all, and had no relation to reality. What technique, what angle, what strength to use to bandage, after seeing the flight attendant who was normal not long ago now half soaked in blood, everything I learned in class began to blur.
"What are you doing, bandaging her?" the co-pilot shouted.
The co-pilot has also received simple first aid training, but no matter what, this training is mainly for the cabin. Therefore, more or less, the pilot has to be more relaxed when receiving this training with the flight attendants, which leads to the co-pilot not wanting to do it but not knowing how to do it.
The first-class cabin attendant was under tremendous mental pressure and stopped moving forward. It was not because he couldn't do it, but because he didn't dare to do it. The co-pilot's psychological quality was obviously much better. It was not because he didn't dare or didn't want to do it, but because he couldn't do it.
Those who knew how to do it didn't dare, and those who dared didn't. In such an awkward and powerless exchange of glances, the co-pilot's face gradually darkened. Apart from anything else, the psychological quality of this first-class cabin attendant was simply so bad that he couldn't imagine it.
"Give it to me!" The co-pilot stretched out his right hand and asked the first-class cabin attendant for a bandage. The chief steward couldn't wait any longer, so instead of a meaningless confrontation, he might as well give it a try.
However, at this moment, a clear female voice rang out from the first-class cabin attendant: "Let me do it."
This was a sentence in English, not Japanese. Then, Xia Shuyue took the hemostatic bandage directly from the first-class flight attendant, pulled open the bandage, and began to bandage the chief flight attendant without any hesitation.
Xia Shuyue had learned some Japanese in advance because she was going to attend ANA training. However, language skills, unless you are a real genius, are something that needs to be accumulated slowly over time. Xia Shuyue can understand some very simple Japanese, but it would be difficult for her to communicate in Japanese.
Fortunately, Xia Shuyue had a good foundation in English and had no problem expressing herself in English. For a large airline like ANA, international routes accounted for a large proportion, and the crew members had to be exposed to English to some extent, so there was no problem in understanding Xia Shuyue's words.
But compared to Xia Shuyue's words, the co-pilot was obviously more curious about Xia Shuyue's identity.
"Are you a doctor?" When the co-pilot saw Xia Shuyue's skillful bandaging movements, he first attributed Xia Shuyue to an enthusiastic passenger, and his profession should be a medical practitioner.
Xia Shuyue stared at the bandaged area intently. She didn't use too much force, otherwise she might have strangled the flight attendant's neck. The flight attendant didn't die from blood loss, but from suffocation.
"No, I'm here for training at your company." Xia Shuyue walked around a few times and felt that it was enough. She turned to the first-class cabin attendant and said, "Go and make the passenger announcement and look for a doctor."
Anyway, she could only do simple emergency rescue. She didn't dare to use many of the things in the emergency medical kit, so she could only ask for help from passengers with medical backgrounds. At this moment, she made a passenger announcement and found a doctor on the plane.
The first-class flight attendant reacted for a moment, then remembered that passengers could still broadcast to find a doctor, so he quickly went to the workroom in the front cabin to make the broadcast.
"Are you here for training at our company?" The co-pilot was stunned, but quickly realized: "Are you and Mr. Xu together?"
At this time, Xia Shuyue had already stood up straight. She glanced at the cockpit door and asked, "Can you open the door?"
"It can't be opened." The co-pilot shook his head. "This door used to have a key, which was kept by the chief steward outside. But not long ago, the company replaced all the cabin doors with electronic locking systems, and the key is no longer useful."
"What if we knock it open?" At this time, a male passenger in the first class asked.
He witnessed the whole process of Kuroda Takashi holding the flight attendant hostage, injuring others, and then forcing his way into the cockpit. No matter from which angle, Kuroda Takashi was completely crazy. He was extremely worried about such a madman in the cockpit.
"No!" The co-pilot rejected the proposal directly: "The cockpit door has six steel bars as the door bolt. Not to mention that we don't have the tools now, even if we have a special door opening tool, we can't open it for the time being."
The cockpit is the hub of the aircraft and the safety of the entire aircraft. It is understandable that no matter how many safety measures are put in, it is understandable. However, at this time, the door has become a natural barrier to protect the criminals, isolating the cabin and the cockpit on both sides. It is extremely ironic.
"What should I do? I saw that man had a knife."
"Yeah, is it really okay for that kind of person to enter the cockpit?"
"How could you put anyone in there just now?"
At this time, people who leaned out from the economy class and cast curious glances towards the front cabin began to express their concerns after discovering that Kuroda Takashi had entered the cockpit. Many of them complained about the flight crew's action of opening the door, which was very noisy.
Just now, no one stopped Kuroda Takashi when he showed the knife, no one stopped him when he hijacked the flight attendant, and no one stopped him when he injured people. Now he is blaming the flight crew.
Suddenly, the first-class cabin attendant announced in the cabin that they were looking for a doctor. At this point, even the passengers in the middle and back seats knew that something had happened up front, and some of the brave ones had already stood up and walked forward along the aisle.
Suddenly , a large number of passengers who were originally in the middle and back began to rush forward like a tide. The co-pilot in the first class cabin looked up and found that many people were rushing forward. His face suddenly changed drastically. He didn't care about the chief flight attendant and quickly ran to the entrance of the economy class and shouted, "Don't run forward, please return to your original seats immediately."
However, some passengers who came later still managed to get through the wall of people and first saw the flight attendant lying in the first-class cabin, half of his body stained with blood. Not everyone was the kind of person who would watch the excitement and not mind the big things. Some timid ones saw such a bloody scene and screamed directly: "Murder, murder!"
With just this one shout, many passengers who were sitting quietly in their seats were startled and the cabin instantly fell into chaos.
At this moment, in the cockpit, the moment Kuroda Takashi entered the cockpit, the entire cockpit suddenly fell into an extremely strange silence. The captain did not speak, Xu Cang did not speak, and Kuroda Takashi did not speak either.
In that small space, besides the sound of the engine, even the breathing of others seemed to be clearly audible.
This strange silence didn't last long. Finally, Kuroda Takashi spoke up: "Are you also a flying enthusiast? Which forum are you from?"
This sentence was meant for Xu Cang, but Xu Cang was not a flying enthusiast at all. It was just that his casual clothes made him look a little bit misleading. However, Xu Cang reacted quickly and directly replied to Kuroda Takashi's words: "I didn't participate in any forum. I just like flying."
"Yeah, not bad." Kuroda Takashi's expression eased a little. For people who had the same hobbies as him, Kuroda Takashi inexplicably developed an extremely irresistible desire to show off.
Kuroda Takashi looked at the navigation page of the plane and was silent for a long time. During this period, Xu Cang secretly glanced at Kuroda Takashi and found that he was actually thinking. In other words, Kuroda Takashi seemed to understand what was displayed on the navigation page of the 737, which showed that Kuroda Takashi had certain flying knowledge.
Combined with the question he just asked himself whether he was a flying enthusiast, it can be basically determined where Kuroda Takashi's knowledge of aircraft came from.
If this is true, the situation seems to be worse than I expected.
During this time, Xu Cang glanced at the fuel gauge, then looked at the fuel flow display, and calculated in his mind that the plane could fly for less than two hours. This seemed to be a lot of fuel, but in fact, it included the remaining fuel for the flight, the fuel for the alternate landing field, and the reserve fuel for the final circling. In fact, the extra fuel assigned for this flight was not much.
This is normal, the weather in Osaka and Tokyo is very good, there is no possibility of circling and waiting, so there is no need to load too much extra oil. However, this is not good news for the current situation.
If the remaining fuel for these two hours is subtracted from the necessary operating fuel, there is actually not much time left to deal with Kuroda Takashi. Moreover, observing the fuel reserve is also a necessary step in dealing with hijacking.
If at this point in time, Kuroda Takashi proposed to go to a more remote regional airport, then the fuel reserves would actually be quite unsafe, and it would even be quite difficult to go to Hokkaido in Japan.
"What should I do? What should I do?" Xu Cang thought quickly in his mind. Every word that Kuroda Takashi said next would determine the life and death of everyone on the plane. The most important thing was that neither the captain nor Xu Cang knew what Kuroda Takashi was asking for. If it was something that was impossible or difficult to achieve, then letting him enter the cockpit would be a disastrous decision.
After looking at the navigation page for a while, Kuroda Takashi still didn't say anything, which made the captain very anxious. In the end, he couldn't help but speak first: "Sir, what do you want to do now..."
"Fly heading 350." Kuroda Takashi suddenly spoke.
"Heading 350?" The captain was stunned. He did not see the expression on Kuroda Takashi's face when he was observing the navigation page. However, the statement of heading 350 made the captain begin to realize that the hijacker might know some flying knowledge.
In this situation, many things would be difficult to carry out, at least we couldn't fool Kuroda Takashi.
The captain immediately said, "Sir, we are on route now. If we fly to 350, we will deviate from the route and may conflict with other aircraft."
"Stop talking nonsense! Heading 350." Kuroda Takashi stepped forward, put his left hand on the captain's seat, and held the knife tightly in his right hand, with the tip of the knife against the captain's throat, just like he had just done to the chief flight attendant.
At this moment, the captain finally felt the pressure that the flight attendant had felt before. The huge fear based on the animal's instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm almost overwhelmed the captain. No one is not afraid of death, and even if there is, it is relying on some strong belief to suppress the fear of death, but it cannot prevent its birth.
During this time, the captain secretly hated himself for not informing the controller of the hijacking. He could have just called up the corresponding hijacking code on the transponder. However, it all happened too quickly. Before the captain could react, Kuroda Takashi had already entered the cockpit.
In fact, Xu Cang did react. He once tried to change the transponder code, but finally gave up because of lack of time.
Everything changed once Kuroda Takashi entered the cockpit. Although Kuroda Takashi was fully aware of his actions, it did not mean that he would allow the captain to tell anyone about his actions at the moment. At least for him, he would keep it a secret for as long as possible.
But in the captain's opinion, if he was not informed of the current situation of the aircraft and left the route without the control being prepared, it would be a very dangerous move. You know, now we have entered the Tokyo control area, the busiest airspace in the country. If we fly recklessly, it will cause big problems.
However, Kuroda Takashi, who had just seen blood, didn't care about these things. His expression became more and more ferocious, and the tip of the knife was about to pierce the captain's neck skin.
At this moment, Xu Cang suddenly shouted, "Listen to him."
The captain was startled, feeling the sharp blade near his neck that could bring death at any time. Under Xu Cang's persuasion, he gritted his teeth and switched the rolling mode from horizontal navigation to heading selection. At the same time, he adjusted the heading to 350 according to Kuroda Takashi's instructions.
Seeing that the captain listened to him, Kuroda Takashi slightly moved the knife away from the captain's neck. He glanced at Xu Cang, wondering why the captain could listen to an ordinary passenger, but this doubt only lasted for a while.
No matter who Xu Cang was, no matter why the captain had to obey Xu Cang, the two people present were unarmed, the cockpit door was closed, and everything was still under their control.
However, shortly after the plane deviated from the route, the voice of Tokyo area control rang out from the loudspeaker in the cockpit: "ANA45, you have deviated from the route. Turn left at 300 and return to the original route."
NH is the IATA two-letter code for All Nippon Airways, while ANA is the commonly used ICAO three-letter code. In daily radio communications, three-letter codes are basically used.
"No matter what, continue to maintain the course of 350." As the controller's voice fell, Kuroda Takashi shouted coldly: "If you want to live, keep the course. If you dare to turn, don't blame me."
In such a situation, the captain could feel Kuroda Takashi's murderous intent. He had no choice but to maintain the course and completely ignored the Tokyo area control.
"ANA45, please return to the route immediately!"
However, the captain ignored the controller's instructions, and the controller's calls became more and more urgent. The captain could clearly feel the controller's anxiety.
Soon, he understood why the controller was so anxious.
For no other reason, because heading 350 was facing Yokosuka! There was a military restricted area right in front of the plane!
