Chapter 30: Visitors from the Bureau
Even though the braking effect of the aircraft was becoming weaker and weaker, the energy carried by the aircraft was still not enough to hold on, and when the aircraft reached the last third of the runway, its speed began to rapidly decay at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In order to achieve the best deceleration effect, the captain did not retract the speed brake handle until the aircraft speed was about to return to zero. Finally, when the aircraft was close to the end of the runway, it finally stopped.
At this moment, huge smoke rose from the two main landing gear platforms, covering the entire aircraft in an atmosphere like a fairyland on earth.
Behind the fuselage, a long skid mark was left on the runway, with some tire fragments still remaining on it.
In the cockpit, Xu Cang let go of the steering wheel as if he had escaped from it. Just another twenty meters, and the plane would run off the runway. Once the plane ran off, and there were no blocking piles ahead, they would be greeted by a fatal downhill slope.
They were lucky enough to have escaped death once again!
With a touch of his face and his palms covered with greasy sweat, Xu Cang pulled the parking brake and let out a long sigh, as if a huge burden had finally been lifted.
"Captain, let's evacuate!" Xu Cang picked up the quick checklist in the bucket under the trim wheel. The last page of the checklist was the evacuation checklist.
Although the fire alarm of Engine No. 1 has disappeared, the almost crazy landing deceleration just now is not really safe. It is better to let the passengers get away from the plane as soon as possible.
However, when Xu Cang just opened the evacuation checklist, the captain on the left snatched it away. The captain lowered his eyebrows and nodded slightly, paying the highest respect to Xu Cang as if he was making a pilgrimage, and said in a very serious tone: "No, you are the captain! You make the announcement!"
About twenty seconds later, the emergency door on the right side of the plane was opened. This was a good choice . Considering that there was a fire in the left engine of the plane, evacuating from the left side was indeed not a safe option.
Emergency evacuation is an item that the crew must check every time they train, and they have already mastered it by heart. As Xu Cang's broadcast "I am the captain, evacuate, evacuate, evacuate!" rang out in the cabin, the passenger groups that received the signal began to act one after another, directing the passengers to evacuate in an orderly manner.
Fortunately, there was no commotion among the passengers on this flight, and the cabin crew followed the procedures quickly and accurately, so there was no panic during the entire evacuation process, and all the passengers got off in less than half a minute .
Then the crew began to check if there were any people left behind. After confirming that there were no problems, the crew began to fall down. Finally, Xu Cang and the captain came out of the cockpit. After checking the cabin, the chief flight attendant hurried over to report: "Captain, the cabin has been checked and there are no people left behind."
The captain did not speak, but looked at Xu Cang, as if waiting for Xu Cang's instructions. Xu Cang was stunned for a moment, but did not refuse, and nodded slightly to the flight attendant : "You can go down."
The chief flight attendant was a little overwhelmed for a moment, but after looking at the captain, he obeyed Xu Cang's order and jumped down from the emergency slide.
At this moment, the captain and Xu Cang were the only ones left on the plane. The captain patted Xu Cang's shoulder earnestly and smiled: "You will receive the cheers!"
After saying that, the captain jumped down before Xu Cang. When he came down, everyone's eyes were focused on the door of the emergency cabin. As we all know, the captain should be the last one to evacuate. This is a responsibility and an honor. The captain chose to give the opportunity to receive cheers from everyone to Xu Cang, which Xu Cang deserved.
Feeling the empty environment around him and the eager gazes of the crowd below, Xu Cang still felt that it was unreal, like a dream. In the history he had experienced, this incident would definitely not end with such a happy family ending.
In other words, his existence changed history and the fate of those mortals below!
"Perhaps this is my mission in rebirth?" Xu Cang whispered to himself, then stepped out with his right foot in the air, fell onto the emergency slide, and slid down from it.
The captain who had already gone down helped Xu Cang up. It didn't take too long from the time Xu Cang took over the plane to the time they evacuated. However, Xu Cang said that the energy and effort he put in during this period was hard to measure. When he helped Xu Cang up, the captain could feel that most of Xu Cang's body weight was on him, which was a sign of Xu Cang's exhaustion.
I don't know who started it, but the evacuated personnel followed the captain and Xu Cang silently. They didn't talk or make any noise. They just followed, as if migrating geese were following the leader goose instinctively.
Xu Cang was half leaning against the captain. He didn't feel anything on the plane, but as soon as he got off the plane, he felt muscles all over his body aching. Without the captain's support, he couldn't even walk by himself.
Suddenly, Xu Cang, with his head lowered, said faintly: "I lied to you about one thing. I am not the captain of Blue Sky Airlines."
The captain's steps suddenly paused. He looked at Xu Cang in disbelief and suddenly laughed out loud: "Do you know that this will only make me feel more ashamed?"
"I didn't mean it... " Xu Cang wanted to explain something, but his eyes suddenly fell on the figure on the apron in the distance. It was a slender and beautiful figure, that was Qin Xin.
Although they were far apart, Xu Cang knew that Qin Xin was looking at him. According to history, he should have met Qin Xin many years later. Now that they met so many years earlier, Xu Cang felt unreal when he first met Qin Xin, and even wondered if he had recognized the wrong person. But now, he can be sure that he did not recognize the wrong person.
Xu Cang did not recognize Qin Xin, and he didn't even have the idea of reuniting. He still had a lot of things to do, and matters of love between men and women were not within his consideration for the time being.
Suddenly, a figure walked out in front of Xu Cang and the captain. He could roughly distinguish the captain's clothes, but when his eyes fell on Xu Cang, there was a little confusion in his eyes.
However, he finally came in front of the two and showed his ID to the captain and Xu Cang: "Hello, I'm from the Southwest Regulatory Bureau. Who is this?"
The officer was obviously pointing at Xu Cang. Xu Cang's clothes clearly showed that he was not a crew member, but the captain was still supporting him, which was very strange.
"I just helped a little on the plane, do I have to be investigated too?" Xu Cang asked.
"Yes." The officer did not ask any more questions, but pointed to the co-pilot behind him and said, "And you, come over here!"
