In the top floor conference room of ANA's headquarters building in Tokyo, a group of ANA executives were discussing the future direction of the company not long ago. But after a call from the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB), everything stopped.
ANA Flight 45 was hijacked. Such shocking news shocked all the directors in the conference room. Even someone as calm as Guan Yueling was in no mood to continue the meeting. After saying a few words hastily, he ended the meeting.
Everyone's attention was no longer on the meeting. As Guan Yueling announced the adjournment of the meeting, more than half of the directors left the meeting room in a hurry, leaving only two directors behind.
The older one, who has a close personal relationship with Guan Yueling, is an independent director of ANA. He does not hold any other position in the company, but is usually responsible for supervising other directors and executives, so he has more power.
The other one is estimated to be in his forties, which is the peak of his life experience and energy. He is the managing director of ANA.
Guan Yueling did not leave after the meeting. He stood quietly by the window, looking down, without saying a word.
The independent director walked up to Guan Yueling and sighed, "Are you looking at Narita Airport?"
The ANA headquarters building is closer to Narita Airport, and there are no tall buildings between the headquarters building and Narita Airport. The view is extremely wide, and a large part of Narita Airport can be seen.
"Flight 45 will make an emergency landing at Narita Airport. According to the time, it will arrive soon." Guan Yueling's face was calm, as if nothing had happened and she was just waiting for some ordinary matters.
"You are really patient." The managing director also walked up to Guan Yueling, his face extremely solemn: "Five years ago, the company had a hijacking incident. Originally, our domestic market share should have exceeded that of Japan Airlines at that time. But right after that, the growth of our domestic market share stagnated directly, and it was not until this year that we were able to share the domestic market with Japan Airlines. A hijacking incident caused us to lose more than five years. Is it going to happen again?"
Five years ago, a hijacking occurred on Flight 857 from Tokyo to Hakodate Airport in Hokkaido, and one passenger was injured.
However, the incident was not as widespread as this one. The perpetrators were quickly arrested and did not cause any flight problems.
However, this time it was obviously different. Because of Flight 45, the entire Tokyo airspace was closed. More than a quarter of domestic flights and a third of international flights were affected. The scope of the impact was so large that other affected airlines must hate ANA.
Moreover, it is foreseeable that after the incident, the Civil Aviation Administration of Japan will definitely conduct a thorough investigation into ANA. This is inevitable.
In fact, if the final result is good, then it will be relatively easy for the company to deal with the Civil Aviation Administration later. The only worry is that after such a big fuss, the plane will be destroyed and people will die, which will have a huge impact on ANA.
A previous hijacking incident that was not very serious had already cost ANA more than five years in the domestic market. If the plane crashed and people died this time, the managing director felt that ANA would probably lose the ability to compete with Japan Airlines forever.
"I said it a long time ago that part-time security officers cannot be relied upon at all. The hijacking five years ago was also caused by the passengers subduing the hijackers on their own initiative. We cannot always pin our hopes on the initiative of the passengers." Guan Yueling said coldly.
Guan Yueling was a person who seldom complained about anything, but when it came to her part-time security officer, the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.
There are indeed a large number of airlines in the world that use part-time security officers. As time goes by, part-time security officers have revealed more and more problems, but no matter how many problems there are, they cannot cover up the biggest advantage, which is cost saving.
There have been full-time aviation security officers for a long time. However, the labor cost of full-time security officers is 30% to 50% higher than that of part-time security officers. In addition, the main job of part-time security officers is still flight attendants, so they are nominally still subordinate to the cabin department.
However, full-time security officers do not have the status of flight attendants, so they cannot be managed by the cabin department. Once there are more full-time security officers, a security department dedicated to managing security officers must be established. In this way, the supporting personnel of a department will increase the labor cost.
It is for this reason that many airlines still prefer to use part-time security officers, which is really cost-effective and convenient.
In fact, Flight 857 five years ago should have been a wake-up call for ANA, but the criminals were eventually subdued and did not seem to have caused any serious impact, so the issue of full-time security officers was not passed.
It was only after a while that ANA's marketing department found that the growth momentum of domestic flight profitability was slowing down, and they began to reflect. However, at that time, everyone was focusing on route operations, so they didn't care about the full-time safety officer.
"It's too late to say anything." The independent director looked very unhappy. This time the commotion was too big. Even the person in Nagatacho knew about it. Moreover, affected by this, many other airlines had complaints against ANA. It can be said that everyone who could be offended was offended.
Moreover, five years ago, print media was still the main media. At that time, ANA invested a lot of money to control public opinion, but still failed to suppress it. Now the Internet is becoming more and more developed, and even doubling the investment may not work. It is difficult for the independent directors to imagine how this matter will end.
At this moment, a plane appeared in the sky above Narita Airport in the distance. It was undoubtedly ANA Flight 45. At this time, only ANA Flight 45 could fly over Tokyo. At first, the plane was still very small, but soon, ANA's very classic blue and white livery could be seen.
"It's about to land." Guan Yueling looked a little nervous. No matter what, as long as the plane landed safely, it would be better than having some extra situations.
Just at this moment, the conference room was pushed open and Guan Yueling's secretary walked in with a walkie-talkie in his hand.
Arriving next to Guan Yueling, the secretary handed over the intercom: "This is authorized by the Narita control tower. You can only speak when the control tower allows. I have already notified the heads of the flight, cabin and safety departments, and they will be here soon."
Guan Yueling took the intercom and could hear the voice of Narita Tower giving ANA Flight 45 landing permission.
The tower frequencies of large airports like Narita Airport are strictly controlled. Civilian personnel can listen to them, but speaking on the frequencies is absolutely prohibited. If it affects flight safety, the individual will be held legally responsible.
Of course, ordinary people, especially some flight enthusiasts, can listen to civil aviation’s land-air conversations, but they may not be able to speak on the frequency.
However, Narita Airport took into consideration that if there were any special circumstances during or after ANA Flight 45 landed, especially those involving professional issues, it would be very time-consuming to contact ANA at that time. Therefore, it simply authorized the internal frequency of the ANA headquarters Narita Airport tower and allowed them to speak when necessary.
During special situations, it is quite common for air traffic controllers to seek help from the professional departments of airlines. After all, air traffic controllers are not gods who can learn both flying and cabin crew knowledge at the same time. In many cases, they can only ask others for help.
However, Guan Yueling had some knowledge of operation, but it was certainly not profound. Therefore, her secretary called all the heads of flight, cabin and safety supervision departments to prevent any difficult operation problems from arising.
"You just stay here." Guan Yueling turned sideways and said to his secretary.
The secretary was stunned. He was supposed to go and take care of some things, but Guan Yueling obviously didn't want him to leave, or Guan Yueling felt that it was meaningless.
Guan Yueling held the intercom, his eyes fixed on the ANA plane that was descending in the distance, while the independent director and the managing director beside him also had serious expressions. They hadn't felt this way for a long time, and there was no other way, as this landing was related to the future of ANA.
“Fall down.” The independent director growled in his heart.
Almost immediately after the independent director had this idea in mind, the ANA plane had already descended to the runway. In the conference room, Guan Yueling, the independent director and the managing director held their breath and waited quietly for the decisive moment.
The conference room was so quiet that it seemed as if there was no sound of breathing. However, this solemnity did not last long. Under the gaze of the three people, ANA Flight 45 only touched the ground briefly, like a dragonfly skimming the water, and then took off again.
"This..." The muscles on the executive director's face twitched a few times: "What on earth is the crew doing? Why didn't it land? Who is operating the plane now? It didn't land at Yokohama Airport, and it can't land at Narita Airport either. Is the level of our ANA captain so bad?"
The independent director tilted his head slightly and looked at Guan Yueling: "It seems to be Xu Cang from Spring Airlines!"
The managing director was startled, and his eyes fell on Guan Yueling with an unfriendly look: "The board of directors will inquire about this matter."
Just as the managing director finished speaking, Guan Yueling's secretary's phone suddenly rang. After answering the call, the secretary's originally normal expression completely sank: "President, the operations control called. The N2 index of the second engine of flight 45 is decreasing uninstructively."
Generally speaking, if Boeing has more aircraft, it will provide airlines with a system to monitor its own aircraft so that the airline's operations control department can monitor the operation of its own flights. At this point in time, the monitoring system can only see some very limited data, the most important of which is naturally the power system.
Guan Yueling didn't care about the managing director's accountability, but when she heard that the N2 index had dropped non-mandatory, her expression became a little out of control.
The CFM56 engine is a typical twin-rotor engine, so there are only two readings, N1 and N2. The so-called engine power value is reflected in the N1 speed, and the N2 speed is mostly only used when the engine is started. Once the engine is started, the crew will pay less attention to the N2 reading because there is no need.
Generally speaking, changes in aircraft thrust will slightly affect the N2 value, but in most cases, the N2 speed will remain in a relatively stable range. However, if the N2 speed drops uninstructed, it is a very bad sign, because it indicates that the engine is about to... stall.
Independent directors and managing directors are all specialized management talents who know nothing about flying and naturally do not understand what this means.
"N2 reading, what does it mean?" The independent director looked at Guan Yueling: "Do you know?"
However, before Guan Yueling could say anything, the secretary's face suddenly darkened. He put down his phone and lowered his head slightly: "Engine No. 2 has stalled, and the N2 reading of Engine No. 1 has also begun to become unstable."
"You..." The managing director took a deep breath and looked back at the ANA Flight 45 that had already taken off. "The engine has been shut down, but he still hasn't landed. What does he want to do?"
Guan Yueling pursed his lips and said, "Maybe we can try to restart the engine."
The independent director frowned and said, “Is that okay?”
The secretary gritted his teeth and said with some difficulty: "It should be impossible. According to the feedback from Narita Airport, the crew reported that the fuel was tight. This engine flameout may not be a problem with the engine itself, but the fuel ran out."
"This..." The managing director was stunned. If it was an engine problem, there might be a slight chance of restarting the engine. But if it ran out of oil, then there would be no chance of restarting. If it was stalled, it was stalled, and there was no way to change it.
At this time, the managing director also heard that the N2 seemed to be directly related to the engine. If he understood correctly, then when the No. 2 engine was shut down, the remaining No. 1 engine would also have to shut down.
The 737 only has two engines. How can both engines be shut down?
"Guan Yueling, you must be held responsible for this incident." The managing director, who had been relatively calm before, could no longer keep his composure: "I know that Xu Cang. How many things have happened to him in his country? He himself is a disaster. We haven't had such a big incident in ANA for more than 30 years. Problems arose as soon as we cooperated with him..."
"Director Changdao!" Guan Yueling suddenly shouted, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
Apparently the managing director had already attributed the incident to some metaphysical factors, but these words seemed so inappropriate on this occasion.
However, just as Guan Yueling's voice fell, an anxious voice from the Narita Airport control tower suddenly rang out over the intercom: "ANA45, please turn to runway 25 immediately. The maritime department prohibits you from making an emergency landing in Tokyo Bay."
"Forced... forced landing in Tokyo Bay?" The managing director's face changed drastically. He immediately left Guan Yueling and looked towards the outside world, muttering to himself: "The runway of Narita Airport faces Tokyo Bay, so..."
What the Narita Tower said was very likely true. That guy wanted to make an emergency landing in Tokyo Bay.
"Crazy, crazy!" the managing director roared, "He is going to let the situation get out of control."
There are so many ships in Tokyo Bay. If this incident affects the crew of other ships, the responsibility that ANA will bear will be almost unlimited.
In the cockpit, how could Xu Cang, who had already made up his mind, change his decision with just one sentence from the Narita Airport tower control?
"ANA45 will make an emergency landing in Tokyo Bay. Please contact surface rescue personnel." Although the word "please" was used, it was not a negotiating tone at all, but an order that could not be questioned.
"Have you ever made an emergency landing on water?" Xu Cang asked the captain.
At this moment, the N2 speed of Engine No. 1 has been slowly decreasing. It is almost certain that in less than a minute, Engine No. 1 will also shut down, and the reason is the same as that of Engine No. 2. There will be no possibility of any rotation.
The captain shook his head. "How could I possibly have done that? I haven't even tried it on a simulator."
"Then you listen to my commands from now on."
The captain nodded: "What about the control instructions?"
"No matter what!" Xu Cang said in a firm voice. He faced the strong wind and looked down to determine the direction of the main waves on the surface of Tokyo Bay.
The direction of the waves is somewhat related to the wind, but it is not decisive. Moreover, once the waves are formed, the subsequent movement direction is not affected by the wind.
Therefore, Xu Cang cannot directly rely on wind direction to determine the direction of waves on the water surface.
When we made an emergency landing near the coast of Qizhou before, it was because of insufficient light that we couldn't see the sea surface at all, and we could only make a rough judgment based on the wind direction. But now it's different, there's plenty of light, and the view below is excellent, but it's just a little difficult to observe due to the influence of the airflow.
Below 2,000 feet, you can already see the direction of the main swell relatively clearly. However, the secondary swells behind the main swell are still not clear at this height, so you have to go down to a lower altitude.
Xu Cang could not guarantee that he would come into contact with the main surge wave when entering the water. If he entered the water in the secondary surge area, he would also have to consider the moving direction of the secondary surge wave.
Although the main swell and the secondary swell often move in the same direction, this is not absolute. Therefore, if you plan to enter the water in the secondary swell area, you must complete the final landing direction correction based on the moving direction of the secondary swell.
However, the direction of movement of the secondary swell is not as easy to discern as that of the primary swell. It can only be distinguished more accurately when it is slightly above the water surface, which is actually quite dangerous because it is close to entering the water.
That is to say, in the last fifty to one hundred feet or so, the pilot must see the direction of movement of the secondary swell, and react in a very short time to correct the landing direction so as to enter the water at a suitable angle.
These actions must be performed in one go. Any hesitation would result in a failed water landing.
At high speed, if the aircraft cannot enter the water at a suitable angle and posture, it can still cause serious damage to the fuselage, and the consequences are still unimaginable.
At this moment, the plane was at an altitude of about 2,000 feet, which was the right altitude to observe the main surge direction. Going any higher would definitely not work. Firstly, the area of ​​water available for emergency landing in Tokyo Bay was actually not as large as imagined. If the plane was too high, the area of ​​water for emergency landing would be further reduced. Secondly, the airflow at higher altitudes was too strong and the temperature was lower. Xu Cang was already in poor health, and if he was continuously hit by the cold wind, he was afraid that his body would not be able to support it.
However, since we already know that the shutdown of Engine No. 1 is inevitable and there is no way to delay it, we might as well take this opportunity to accumulate more energy for the aircraft.
The energy of an aircraft is reflected in two aspects: altitude and speed.
Xu Cang has already decided to stick to the upper altitude limit of 2,000 feet, so the only way to store energy is to increase the speed of the aircraft.
"Retract the flaps, all the way to five!" Xu Cang gave the order immediately.
At this moment, the thrust of the aircraft's No. 1 engine was still maintained at the go-around thrust. However, Xu Cang did hold the control wheel directly after reaching two thousand feet, otherwise the aircraft would not have risen at all.
In this way, the speed of the aircraft began to increase continuously.
In such a situation, retracting the flaps is necessary, otherwise the flap device will be damaged.
Looking at the rising speed, the captain understood Xu Cang's meaning. Without hesitation, he raised the flap handle to the flap five position.
The marked speed at flap five is 250 knots. Although the ground speed of the aircraft is increasing at this moment, considering the fact that the No. 1 engine is at the end of its strength, the captain feels that the speed will not increase to 250 knots.
However, the captain still had some questions: "Don't we need to collect all of them?"
This is a safety measure. There is no other way . What if Engine No. 1 perks up and really increases the speed to 250 knots?
"No! If you exceed the speed limit, then don't worry." Xu Cang shouted, "The speed from smooth configuration to flap five is too slow."
The captain's reaction was relatively quick, and he immediately understood the second half of Xu Cang's words: "You still need to lower the flaps later."
"Emergency landing on water, flaps 40 into the water, right?" Xu Cang asked back.
"So that's it!" The captain suddenly realized that Xu Cang wanted to postpone the time to release the flaps to a very late time. However, the release speed from flaps smooth to flaps five is the slowest, and the release speed of flaps ten, flaps fifteen and other gears is much faster. In this way, Xu Cang can complete the release of flaps forty in a very short time at the last moment.
Moreover, the wing surface curvature formed by flap five is not strong, and its ability to resist overspeed should be stronger.
In Xu Cang's vision, the main surge direction of Tokyo Bay was moving roughly from northwest to southeast, which meant that he would have to land slightly to the left to be parallel to the direction of the surge.
However, this is only a judgment of the moving direction of the main surge. He also has to consider the possibility of landing in the secondary surge area and the influence of wind direction.
At this moment, the N2 speed of Engine No. 1, which had been slowly decreasing, suddenly began to drop rapidly like a falling stone.
At this moment, in the cockpit of the American Airlines 747 at Haneda Airport, everyone looked up at the sky. Since Haneda Airport is also adjacent to Tokyo Bay, the image of ANA Flight 45 in the sky can be seen very clearly.
In other words, now millions of people in Tokyo are also casting their complicated gazes towards the sky.
"Do we really have to make an emergency landing in Tokyo Bay?" the captain asked in disbelief.
Just now they switched the monitoring frequency to the Narita Tower, and naturally heard the conversation between the crew of ANA Flight 45 and the tower, and learned of the crew's decision to make an emergency landing in Tokyo Bay.
Just as his voice fell, they clearly saw a thin puff of black smoke coming out from behind the left engine of the plane.
The captain was startled: "Is there something wrong with the engine?"
Salenberger stared at the plane in the sky and suddenly asked, "Is the cabin door open?"
"Ah?" The captain was stunned for a moment: "It's not turned off."
Although it was time to take off, the captain did not allow the flight attendants to close the cabin door due to the delay, to avoid the cabin being sealed and the space inside being too stuffy.
Schallenberg patted the back of the captain's chair and said, "I'm not going back!"
"What?" The captain turned around and found that Schallenberg had already run out of the cockpit. He couldn't help but shout: "The next flight back is in three days!"
But just as he finished speaking, he spotted Shallenberger leaving on the covered bridge.
"You're really not going back?"
At this moment, in the cockpit of ANA 45, the captain immediately noticed the abnormality of the No. 1 engine, and his face changed drastically: "The No. 1 engine is about to shut down."
Xu Cang gripped the steering wheel tightly with his right hand: "It's time to start!"
Almost at the moment when Xu Cang's voice fell, the No. 1 engine finally shut down after the N2 index dropped to less than 20. In an instant, this steel giant weighing dozens of tons lost all power.
However, this is not the end, but the beginning!
At the moment when the No. 1 engine was turned off, the plane just passed the coast of Tokyo Bay and went directly into the air above the water. Everyone on the coast of Tokyo Bay could see a Boeing 737 diving into Tokyo Bay at a very low altitude.
After the plane reached above the water, Xu Cang immediately reduced his attitude slightly and reduced his altitude at a descent rate of nearly 1,500 feet per minute.
In fact, according to the current speed of the plane, Xu Cang could have more time to maintain the altitude, but this would reduce the area of ​​the water area for forced landing. Therefore, Xu Cang still planned to maintain the speed in order to do the final leveling work.
At low altitudes, the air density is high, and the aircraft's speed did not decrease significantly while maintaining a descent rate of 1,500 feet, maintaining a speed of nearly 195 knots.
However, at this moment, the voice of the Narita Airport control tower rang over the radio: "ANA45, please turn right immediately, turn right immediately. There is a bridge over Tokyo Bay, and you can't cross it."
"What?" The managing director of ANA headquarters, who had been monitoring the situation, suddenly changed his expression upon hearing this. He snatched the intercom from Guan Yueling and shouted into the intercom without caring about any restrictions on speaking, "This is ANA headquarters. No matter who is operating the plane, obey the control orders immediately. Obey the control orders immediately."
In the cockpit, Xu Cang was concentrating on the emergency landing on the water, but he was constantly interrupted by the control tower, which made him feel annoyed: "If there is a bridge, then cross it."
"You can't get through. The width of the central culvert of the bridge is 35 meters. You can't get through." It seems that the Narita Airport control tower did do some work and even told the width of the bridge culvert at once.
"Thirty-five meters?" Guan Yueling could no longer sit still. She shouted directly into the intercom: "Xu Cang, your plane is equipped with winglets."
"Winglets, then..." The pilot was shocked.
The wingspan of a regular 737-800 is 34.4 meters, but this is based on the absence of winglets . Once winglets are installed, the wingspan is 35.79 meters, which is larger than the width of the culvert.
"Xu Cang!" At this time, the captain could no longer accept it. This was no longer a technical problem, but was completely impossible.
How can an aircraft with a wingspan of 35.79 meters pass through a 35-meter-long bridge culvert?
You know, there are always a lot of cars on that bridge. If the plane crashes into it and destroys the bridge, it will be a huge sin. If there is a slight possibility, the captain is willing to try it. After all, even ants try to survive, let alone humans?
However, faced with something that is simply impossible to accomplish, the captain might rather choose an attempt that would have less impact on others, and perhaps he could really turn right and give it a try.
However, at this point, whether it was controllers, ANA headquarters, or even the captain who had originally been firm in his stance, they were all persuading him to give up the water landing.
At this moment, Xu Cang felt a surge of anger.
"You are a bunch of useless people who are incapable of doing anything but always causing trouble. Just look at how I do it." Xu Cang was so excited that he did not release the send button on the radio. His voice was transmitted through the radio waves to the control tower of Narita Airport and the ANA headquarters building.
At this time, Xu Cang directly gave up commanding the captain. Since they were all questioning, he would do it alone.
Therefore, the left hand, which was freed up due to the shutdown of both engines, was raised directly to turn off all the bleed air switches of both engines, and at the same time, the boost mode selector was turned to manual. Then the exhaust valve switch was kept in the closed position until the exhaust valve indicated that it was fully closed, so as to prevent water from entering the aircraft after the forced landing.
Then, the terrain suppression switch, terrain suppression.
Normally, after touching water, the fuel shut-off valve needs to be closed, but at this point the fuel has been exhausted, so there is no need to worry about it.
"The culvert is 35 meters long, and the wingspan is 35.79 meters, so you can't get through it?" Xu Cang roared, as if he was also offering the most noble courage for himself: "Look, this is the difference between me and you!"
Under the watchful eyes of countless people on the coast of Tokyo Bay, Xu Cang pushed the plane down with a pressure plate, and the descent rate suddenly exceeded 2,300 feet per minute.
Two thousand feet is not a very high altitude, and with such a high rate of descent, the plane was almost close to the water surface in an instant. Moreover, this rate of descent obviously exceeded the normal rate of descent of the plane without power, and the speed of the plane even increased slightly.
However, at this altitude, the plane cannot enter the water because the plane will rush forward for a distance after entering the water, and at this moment the plane is very close to the bridge. If it enters the water, the plane is likely to hit the bridge pier.
Therefore, it is necessary to cross the bridge at an extremely low height before entering the water.
Of course, they could not fly over the bridge at a high altitude, because it would be too late for subsequent planes to descend, and the remaining area of ​​Tokyo Bay would not be enough for an emergency landing.
All I can say is that the location of this bridge is indeed quite fatal, and it is an obstacle that must be crossed.
When the plane was extremely close to the water surface, Xu Cang suddenly pulled the lever, and the plane's sinking trend was stopped instantly, and it rushed forward almost close to the water.
Without the power, the aircraft can keep flying close to the water without sinking, but this is undoubtedly at the expense of the aircraft's speed.
At this critical juncture, the flaps that had been retracted previously need to play their role again.
Xu Cang did not hesitate for a moment, and without even looking at it, he moved the flap handle to the lowest position of 40 in one breath.
However, at this moment, the captain in the left seat didn't care about flaps anymore. Instead, he looked at the bridge getting closer and closer and yelled, "It's going to hit!"
But just as the plane rushed towards the central culvert and was about to hit the bridge pier, Xu Cang first slightly pressed the right side. The plane turned from the original direction of the central culvert to the right side of the bridge pier.
"Wrong, wrong, the direction is wrong!" The captain's face turned pale. How could Xu Cang let the plane crash into the bridge pier at this time?
But the moment this horrifying and confused thought appeared, Xu Cang pressed the left plate again and slightly pressed the right rudder. The plane banked directly to the left, and under the almost frozen gaze of the captain, it tilted and passed through the opposite corner of the culvert.
Yes, the horizontal width of the culvert is thirty-five meters, but the diagonal width is greater than thirty-five meters.
However, even though it was more than thirty-five meters, Xu Cang was able to rush through the bridge culvert in a millimeter with almost perfect posture without any visual reference. It was simply a miraculous control.
You have to know that the diagonal distance of the culvert is actually only more than 40 meters, but Xu Cang actually grasped the spatial error of about ten meters just by relying on his physical feeling. If it had not actually happened, the captain would have thought it was nonsense in any environment.
However, Xu Cang's operation had not stopped. The moment he passed through the bridge culvert, Xu Cang suddenly discovered that the direction of the secondary swell in Tokyo Bay was inconsistent with the main swell, and it was from north to south.
However, the only thing that made Xu Cang feel fortunate was that the wind speed on the water was only 20 knots. If it exceeded 25 knots, then his entry into the water would not only have to take into account the direction of the swell, but also the wind direction. He would have to find a suitable angle between the upwind side and parallel to the swell.
But at this time, the plane was less than 20 feet high, and Xu Cang even felt that some big waves had already hit the fuselage. Moreover, in order to maintain the altitude just now, the plane's originally accumulated speed had been consumed. If it continued to maintain this speed, the plane would definitely stall.
Obviously Xu Cang couldn't let this happen!
At this moment, Xu Cang's miraculous reaction and manipulation ability were finally demonstrated.
He gave up holding the right rudder and started holding the left rudder instead. This was actually a very dangerous counter-control, which could easily turn the plane over.
However, the direction of the plane's nose is now at an angle of nearly ninety degrees to the appropriate landing direction, so Xu Cang must turn as quickly as possible.
Xu Cang had encountered the same situation before when he made an emergency landing near the coast of Qizhou. At that time, Xu Cang chose to insert one wing tip into the water to increase the resistance on one side and complete a super-fast turn with the aircraft.
However, this action is actually very dangerous because in many cases the wing tip that enters the water will break directly, causing the aircraft to lose control.
However, that time the emergency landing was near the sea, the waves were too strong, and the landing direction had to be strictly guaranteed.
However, the water flow in Tokyo Bay is relatively slow, and Xu Cang feels that the plane is likely to enter the water in the secondary surge area, where the waves will be smaller. Therefore, a slightly worse entry angle is acceptable, and there is naturally no need to perform such a dangerous operation.
However, Xu Cang's operation of the left pressure plate and left rudder was quite terrifying in the eyes of others. However, for someone like Xu Cang who had the control of the aircraft ingrained in his bones, everything was under his control, and exploring the limits of control within the critical range of the aircraft was what he did.
It was precisely because of this terrifying control ability that, under the gazes of countless people, the blue and white ANA plane rushed through the bridge culvert at an incredible angle, turned sharply over the water like a car drifting, and finally turned the fuselage to an east-west direction in a very short time.
Before anyone could react, Xu Cang straightened the plane after he felt the angle of entry was enough, and then he pulled the plane hard. In fact, this is unsafe. In actual operation, the nose of the plane should be gently raised to a water-touching attitude of ten to twelve degrees.
However, during the turning process, although Xu Cang tried his best to maintain the fastest turning rate, the plane had actually lost the last bit of altitude and it was impossible to turn the stick smoothly anymore.
Xu Cang's control feel was as terrifying as ever, and he immediately brought it to a ten-degree attitude. Then, the tail of the plane entered the water first, which was a good entry posture.
Head high, tail low!
Under the gazes of a large number of people, a Boeing 737 slammed into the water, creating a column of water that shot up into the sky. The noise was so loud that it could even be seen from the ANA headquarters building a little distance away!
Guan Yueling looked at the huge splashes of water in the distance, and her heart seemed to stop at this moment. She didn't know whether the plane had made a safe emergency landing or the fuselage disintegrated.
After taking a deep breath, she suddenly walked towards the conference room. She was going to Tokyo Bay to meet her fate with ANA.