Chapter 371 I won’t give in!
A small conference room in Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau.
Xu Cang was still wearing the same casual clothes, sitting there with a somewhat bored look, looking at the trees outside, seemingly absent-minded.
As soon as Spring Airlines Flight 9334 landed at Jianchuan Airport, the people from the regulatory bureau were already waiting at the parking stand. The entire crew did not even leave the airport and return to the hotel, but were taken directly to the Jianchuan regulatory office for tea.
When getting into the Supervisory Bureau's car, Xu Cang saw people from the airport's medical department carrying people out of the plane, and one of them even had blood stains on his body.
Xianchi area is right next to Jianchuan area. After Xu Canggang avoided the mid-air conflict, he has been answering the controller's questions. To be honest, the controller was also very panicked. He has been transferred to Jianchuan control area, and the questions have basically never stopped.
Moreover, during the evasive process, Xu Cang reduced the speed as much as possible, but the flap system still suffered some damage.
Xu Cang certainly did not try to lower the flaps to verify his idea. The main reason was that after the mid-air conflict was resolved and before Xu Cang wanted to switch on the autopilot, the aircraft would automatically deviate to the right during manual control. This was a very bad sign in itself, because it meant that after Xu Cang retracted the flaps, one side of the flaps was not fully retracted , causing the aircraft to deviate.
However, in the flap position table, it still shows that the aircraft's flaps are all retracted, and the situation seems a little complicated.
With this concern about the damage to the flap system, Xu Cang did not release the flaps in the subsequent approach. If the flaps were released forcibly, the uncontrolled deflection moment of the aircraft might increase, and it would also further damage the flap system.
Therefore, Xu Cang simply used the backup flap system to fully extend the leading edge device and approached with the trailing edge flaps "retracted".
In this configuration, the aircraft's approach speed will be very, very high. Fortunately, the runway at Jianchuan Airport is long enough, and the aircraft's braking and reverse thrust systems are also fine. Even with the trailing edge flaps retracted, there should be no problem stopping the aircraft at the right position.
Therefore, between the aircraft deflection and the high approach speed, Xu Cang still chose the high approach speed. For Xu Cang who had experienced too much danger, this was naturally not a thrilling approach. However, the estimation of the problems derived afterwards made Xu Cang quite distressed.
We learned from the Xianchi controller that the minimum vertical separation between them and the National Airlines plane below was only more than 70 feet, which was an extremely exaggerated vertical separation and basically a brush with death.
Even though there was no danger in the end, Xu Cang was still sure that the General Administration would definitely not let Spring Airlines go. Especially during the ICAO inspection, this was clearly a crime against the wind.
In addition, the situation was critical on the one hand, but more importantly, people were injured, and it seemed that the injuries were very serious. This is a red line, and Spring Airlines has crossed the red line.
The captain on duty was assigned to another room. Even though there was a wall between them, Xu Cang could still hear the sound of banging on the table coming from next door. It seemed that the communication in the next room was quite intense.
In comparison, Xu Cang's life was peaceful and quiet. Except for Director Hang'an who came over and said a few words at the beginning, no one cared about him after that.
Sitting for a long time without anyone to talk to can be very uncomfortable.
Although Xu Cang is not a social expert, he is not autistic either. After a long time, he became a little bored.
Just when Xu Cang was bored, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Director Hang'an came in again, holding a teacup and a notebook, as if he was interrogating a prisoner.
After closing the door, Director Hangan placed the notebook on the table and sat opposite Xu Cang. Without saying anything, he took a sip of tea, placed the pen on the open notebook, and raised his chin: "What do you want to tell me?"
"Didn't I just tell you the situation?" Xu Cang said, "I told you as soon as I came in."
The director of Aviation Safety recalled: "That's about four or five sentences."
"It's something that can be explained in four or five sentences." Xu Cang sighed: "This matter is entirely our crew's responsibility. We accept all punishments."
"Oh, you are quite good at taking responsibility." The director of aviation safety laughed and said, "You are a very tough guy. If someone else had experienced this, they would still be confused now."
The director of aviation safety pointed at the wall behind Xu Cang and said, "Look, your captain, his mind is still not clear right now, he must be scared. My colleague asked three questions, and he could only answer one at most. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, I guess he will need to wait for several days."
"But you are different." The director of aviation security pointed at Xu Cang and said, "Your face is not red, and you are not out of breath. You are just like a normal person. What a psychological quality."
Xu Cang knew this aviation safety director. He knew the incident when he struck the tail of a plane after his rebirth. It was an unsafe incident. At that time, it was this director who was in charge of handling the tail strike incident at the Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau. It seemed that he also knew Lu Jinghua.
Since they were half-acquaintances, Xu Cang didn't say any polite words and went straight to the point: "Are people from the Southwest Bureau here?"
"I'm here, but I won't be here for now. I mean this conference room. The direct cause of this incident was the captain on duty's improper handling of high-altitude speeding. You've been responsible for this, so you've done a good job. If the people from the Southwest Bureau want to cause trouble, they'll definitely look for the captain first. You can... don't be too nervous."
"You may have misunderstood. I'm not nervous." Xu Cang said naturally, "What about the General Administration? Have they sent anyone over?"
Director Hangan leaned back and said, "Yes, you don't look nervous at all. After all, things are different now. The current situation is just a small matter for you. As for the people from the General Administration, there is no definite news yet, but it is certain that the General Administration is very concerned about this matter."
"The ICAO people are in the headquarters. Of course they are concerned about the problem at this juncture." Put yourself in his shoes. If you were Li Jie and were at the critical moment of running for a Class A director, and Spring Airlines lost face at this sensitive time, you would want to kill them.
Director Hangan agreed: "Now is indeed a very unfavorable time. Xu Cang, I have a friend in the Northwest Bureau. He said that the General Administration has verbally notified them and asked them to select 20 representatives from the jurisdiction and submit the list within five days."
"A Northwest Bureau has to select 20 appointed representatives?" Xu Cang's heart tightened: "This is almost one-third of the appointed representatives of the entire Northwest region. What is the purpose of confirming this list of personnel?"
Director Hangan hadn't said anything yet, but Xu Cang's cell phone rang.
Xu Cang was stunned, glanced at Director Hangan, and blurted out: "I'm sorry."
In such a serious occasion, to be honest, cell phones should be taken away, or at least turned off or muted. However, now that the cell phone rings openly, the serious atmosphere in the meeting room has dissipated a lot.
The director of aviation safety did not have any special reaction. He raised his hand and said, "You answer it."
Xu Cang glanced at the screen of his phone and found that it was a call from Zhou Yanping of Tiandong Airlines. He had a good relationship with Zhou Yanping, so after thinking for a while, he answered the call.
Soon Zhou Yanping's voice came from the other side: "Xu Cang, the flight department just reported to me that the Eastern Bureau asked our headquarters to transfer ten bureau-appointed representatives to the southwest area for inspection. I usually don't ask about this, but since so many people are needed, I became suspicious and asked my friend in the regional administration. My friend said that the General Administration is going to send people to cut you off. What's going on?"
Cross-regional inspections by civil aviation are quite normal, but it is a bit exaggerated for a company to take on 10 appointed representatives. The appointed representatives of the authority are not cabbages, and even if Tiandong Airlines headquarters can transfer 10 appointed representatives at once, it is still a bit difficult.
In addition to being responsible for the investigation tasks assigned by the bureau, the representative appointed by the bureau is also responsible for conveying the work spirit of the general administration. The last and most important thing is to be responsible for various inspection tasks, the most critical of which is the transfer to the captain inspection.
Only representatives appointed by the authority are qualified to conduct captain appointment and left seat transfer inspections.
If too many representatives are appointed by the bureau in a district, the progress of hiring captains or transferring left-seat inspections in this district will come to a standstill.
You know, a medium-sized airline has only two or three authorized representatives. Moreover, the distribution is extremely uneven. The three major airlines have the most authorized representatives, but they can't afford to draw ten authorized representatives at once. What should we do if our senior co-pilots become captains?
Zhou Yanping usually wouldn't ask about these things, but this time he suddenly thought about it and asked his friends in the bureau. The news he got surprised him.
Friends in the authority have basically made it clear that they are going there with a knife, and they are going to kill Spring Airlines and leave corpses all over the ground, right?
"My friend said something happened over there. What happened that caused such a big scene? Northeast, Northwest, North, South, East, all the other regional management bureaus except Southwest are going to deal with you. For example, in the Northwest area, 20 appointed representatives from the bureau have been dispatched. Basically, all the people have been dispatched. Why are they still going to dispatch people? What grudge do you have?"
In fact, when Director Hangan mentioned that the Northwest Bureau was selecting delegates, Xu Cang had some ideas in his mind. However, as Zhou Yanping said, this is indeed a bit too big. CAAC has never had such an exaggerated scale of bureau inspection. No matter which company it is, it can't withstand this level of bureau inspection. If it brings more indicators, it will be half dead.
Why is it said that the bureau is the only one who has the final say in civil aviation? Because it can decide the life and death of an airline. Except for the three major airlines, no other airline can survive this kind of nuclear-level inspection.
Xu Cang pursed his lips and said, "You should know if you ask your company's safety supervisor."
"Ah? Is there really something wrong?" Zhou Yanping asked, "Is it serious?"
"Do you think this situation is serious?"
"But even if there was a plane crash, there wouldn't be this kind of scene, right? There have been plane crashes before, but they were never this severe."
What Zhou Yanping said was true. About seven years ago, Muhua Airlines had a very serious air crash, killing more than 100 people. It was quite tragic. However, the authorities did not discipline Muhua Airlines in this way.
Zhou Yanping probably felt that his words were a little unlucky: "You didn't have a plane crash, did you?"
"If there was a plane crash, I wouldn't be able to answer the call now."
"That's right!" Zhou Yanping laughed. "Then it's probably the boss at the General Administration who's angry. Please understand. The ICAO guys are hanging around in Hanjing. Our boss's blood pressure is a little high. Please understand. By the way, come to Shanghai when you have time. Your fruit business is giving me a headache. You have a good brain. Please help me come up with some ideas."
Zhou Yanping was talking about the Xinmu Fruit Industry. Xu Cang's fruit business had taken away the original sales of the Xinmu Fruit Industry, causing nearby villagers who depended on the Xinmu Fruit Industry to go to Tiandong Airlines to cause trouble, which made social opinion look bad.
Anyway, Zhou Yanping was at his wit's end and had to rely on Xu Cang to find a solution.
"It's okay. I'm going to Japan later and will bring back a production line. I will then provide Xinmuguoye with an opportunity to transform. You can directly tell them that Xinmuguoye will resume work soon. This is a promise that will definitely come true."
"Production line? What production line?"
"Fruit drying." Xu Cang glanced at Director Hang'an and said, "It's not convenient for me to talk about it here. Brother Yanping, thank you for calling."
"Hahaha, it's not a big deal." Zhou Yanping was straightforward: "It's not a big deal. There are policies from above and countermeasures from below. The General Administration is angry and confused, so just go along with them. Don't worry, I will tell the flight department. I dare not say anything about the bureau-appointed representatives of other areas. Our Tiandong Airlines' bureau-appointed representative is definitely..."
"Okay, I'm hanging up!"
Before Zhou Yanping finished speaking, Xu Cang hung up the phone. Zhou Yanping was also a big mouth, so were there some things he could say?
Even though there shouldn't be any problem, it's still better to be careful.
"Zhou Yanping from Tiandong Airlines?" After Xu Cang hung up the phone, the director of aviation security said with a smile: "You really have friends all over the world."
Thinking back to the first time he met Xu Cang, Xu Cang was still a pilot who was about to be retired. Now he has become a close friend of the next head of Tiandong Airlines.
"Yeah." Xu Cang didn't say much about Zhou Yanping, but turned to Director Hang'an: "Director, I have something to do today. If possible, can you let me go back to Erhai first?"
According to the arrangement, I am supposed to sign a contract with Lee Myung-ki, Chairman of Asiana Airlines, this evening, but at the current pace, I may not be able to make it.
The director of Aviation Safety was stunned: "Are you in a hurry?"
"I guess so." Xu Cang was somewhat helpless: "Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything. Let me make another call later."
"This is not something I can decide. You can ask the people in the Southwest Bureau. However, the captain will definitely not be able to leave. He is the main person responsible."
"I..." Before Xu Cang could finish his words, the door of the small conference room was pushed open. A staff member walked in and whispered something in the ear of the Director of Aviation Security. The Director of Aviation Security looked at the staff member in surprise and asked, "Are you sure?"
"Confirmed. This is the news just sent over by the airport medical department."
"Airport Medical Department?" Xu Cang's mind moved, and he had a bad guess. Those people who were injured on the plane were all sent to the airport medical department.
"Did something happen?" Xu Cang asked again.
The director of aviation security looked at Xu Cang and said, "Xu Cang, there is an injured male passenger who is not in good condition. A critical illness notice has been issued."
Xu Cang's face changed drastically: "What!"
Whether or not there are injuries is one criterion for punishment, and whether or not there are deaths is another criterion.
As long as it was confirmed that the passenger's death was caused by the operational error of the Spring Airlines crew, Xu Cang dared not even think about the consequences.
"We can't waste time here." Xu Cang stood up suddenly: "Let's go to the hospital!"
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The director of aviation safety had no say over Xu Cang's return to Erhai Lake, but if he just went to the nearby airport medical department, he could make the decision.
However, to be on the safe side, the Director of Aviation Safety went to the airport medical department with Xu Cang.
The Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau arranged a car. Xu Cang and Director Hang'an waited for a few minutes. Just after they left the building and had not yet gotten into the car, Director Hang'an received another call.
Xu Cang was a little nervous at this time. When he saw the director of aviation security answering the phone again, he immediately asked, "Is it from the airport hospital?"
"Yeah." The director of aviation security looked a little strange: "The male passenger has regained consciousness, but he specifically asked to see Xu Cang."
"Me?" Xu Cang was stunned.
Xu Cang was only slightly surprised, but didn't think much about it. Perhaps that person simply wanted to meet the person in charge of Spring Airlines, and he happened to have some reputation, so it didn't seem too outrageous or incomprehensible that he chose him.
However, Xu Cang always felt uneasy for some reason.
The Jianchuan Regulatory Bureau is located in the airport work area, and it takes about seven minutes to reach the entrance of the airport medical department.
Xu Cang got off the car and headed for the emergency department without stopping. On the way, Xu Cang had already learned the location of the passenger's ward.
After a quick run, Xu Cang finally arrived at the emergency room of the male passenger. However, when he saw the face of the passenger wearing a respirator, Xu Cang froze on the spot and murmured, "Mr. Wang?"
The person lying on the hospital bed, dying, was none other than Wang Jingming, a domestic nickel-based high-temperature alloy expert who had met him once before.
When Xu Cang saw Wang Jingming's weak appearance with drooping eyelids, he felt infinite guilt in his heart. He came to the bedside and called softly, "Mr. Wang, I'm here."
Wang Jingming then realized something, raised his eyelids slightly, turned his head slightly, and saw Xu Cang's figure: "You're here!"
"Mr. Wang..." Xu Cang felt ashamed at this moment: "I'm sorry, it's ours..."
“No!” Wang Jingming raised his right hand: “It has nothing to do with you. I won’t live long anyway. Don’t worry, even if I die, my family won’t hold you accountable.”
Xu Cang was stunned: "I won't live long, Mr. Wang, what do you mean by this?"
Xu Cang remembered that the cause of Wang Jingming's death in his previous life was the Busan air crash. Since he had prevented the Busan air crash, why would Wang Jingming say such a thing?
"When we last met, Mr. Wang, weren't you..."
"Nothing unusual, right?" Wang Jingming said, panting. "Yeah, I don't understand it either. My old tuberculosis, which had been under control for ten years, suddenly relapsed."
"Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis?" Xu Cang was stunned.
After pulmonary tuberculosis is controlled, calcified lesions will form in the lungs. The calcified points will wrap the tuberculosis bacilli and prevent the recurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Generally speaking, as long as tuberculosis is controlled, it will not recur, let alone chronic tuberculosis that has been stable for ten years.
"Mr. Wang, are you saying that your tuberculosis relapsed after we met that time?" Xu Cang asked blankly.
Wang Jingming turned back and said, "Yes."
Wang Jingming pointed to a backpack in the corner of the ward and said, "After that meeting, I checked your situation. It is true as you said, you have the power to change. You want nickel-based high-temperature alloys, but I was still one step away from the final step, so I didn't contact you immediately. I thought I would find you after I conquered the last level and truly completed the research on nickel-based alloys, but..."
"But... it's just the last step. It really is the last step." Wang Jingming suddenly became excited: "It shouldn't be like this. It obviously shouldn't be like this. I obviously see hope."
Amidst that unwilling cry, Wang Jingming suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the respirator mask with a glaring red color.
The nurse who had been standing by saw Wang Jingming vomiting blood and immediately went to pull Xu Cang away: "How can you stimulate a patient? Get out first, get out!"
The nurse pulled Xu Cang out and called for the doctor to come outside.
Xu Cang was pulled out by the nurse, and Wang Jingming's words were still echoing in his mind.
He prevented the Busan air crash, but it did not change Wang Jingming's fate.
"Why is this happening?" Xu Cang muttered to himself blankly.
Not long after, the doctor in charge ran over, took one look at Wang Jingming's appearance, and saw Xu Cang who had not left yet, and yelled, "What are you doing? Get out now, everyone get out! He shouldn't be allowed to see anyone."
Xu Cang looked at Wang Jingming on the bed through the gap between the doctor and the nurse. At this moment, due to the obstruction of his vision, he could not see Wang Jingming's face, but he could feel the ups and downs from the white sheets.
Just as Xu Cang was pushed to the door of the ward by the nurse, he lowered his head and shook off the nurse's push: "Don't push me, I will get out."
The nurse looked at Xu Cang in surprise, and facing Xu Cang's cold face, she finally put down her hands that were pushing towards Xu Cang.
At this moment, Xu Cang looked a little depressed and powerless. He took a last look at Wang Jingming's bed, and finally turned around and walked out of the ward.
However, just as Xu Cang stepped on the floor outside, along with the sound of footsteps, a sad and angry cry suddenly came from the ward: "Xu Cang!"
Xu Cang paused, and before he could turn around, he roared even louder and more unwillingly: "I won't accept this, I won't accept this, I won't accept this!"
