Chapter 67: An Aircraft That Breaks Cognition
Although Xu Cang had a bad reputation in the company before, the captain obviously didn't care much. He discussed the matter of Feiyu 6321 with Xu Cang in a chat and laughter. It can be seen that he really spent a lot of time collecting information, and it was basically not much different from the facts.
I can only say that the civil aviation industry is too small, and it is difficult to cover up any disturbance. In such a broken basket-like state, it is outrageous that Xu Cang's identity can be restricted to a small range.
Moreover, Xu Cang actually didn’t quite understand why the bureau had kept his identity secret.
However, compared to the issue of Feiyu 6321, which has not yet stopped the investigation and his own identity, Xu Cang feels that the matter of plane 1566 is more urgent.
In the preparation room, Xu Cang tried not to say anything, but after refueling and the passengers were almost on board, Xu Cang, sitting in the observer's seat, finally couldn't help himself.
"Captain, have you heard that there is a problem with this plane?" Xu Cang thought that if there was really a problem with this plane, the captains should have felt it when operating it, and should have heard about it during normal communication.
The captain was sitting in his seat with his eyes closed. When he heard Xu Cang's words, he asked casually, "What's the problem? Is there any reservation for this plane?"
An aircraft does not have to be fault-free to fly. As long as it complies with the MEL regulations, the aircraft can be dispatched with certain faults. Apparently the captain misunderstood and thought he had missed the aircraft's reserved items.
"Are there any reservations? I didn't see any just now." He showed a surprised expression, because there were indeed no important reservations on this plane, and this was not what Xu Cang was talking about.
Because it was still his guess so far, Xu Cang couldn't say for sure, so he could only ask indirectly: "That is...did your captain mention the 1566 plane during his usual communication, for example...did he have any problems with the lift?"
The captain opened his eyes, his face full of confusion: "What are you talking about? Why is the plane looking up?"
This directly choked Xu Cang. He just felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the plane, but he was not sure what specific manifestation it would take.
"That's it..." Xu Cang organized his words a little: "The rate at which this plane lifts its head is a little abnormally fast."
"Is there such a saying?" The captain patted the one next to him and said, "Have you heard of it?"
He shook his head: "I haven't heard of it."
The captain stared at Xu Cang: "Where did you hear that?"
This really hit the point directly. Xu Cang was speechless for a moment. He coughed a few times before saying, "That's how I felt."
"You?" The captain was a nice guy. If it were any other captain, he would probably laugh at Xu Cang. A second officer said there was something wrong with the plane just based on his feeling. Isn't that ridiculous? But the captain didn't do that. Instead, he pointed to the maintenance book behind him and said, "Show me the book."
The captain was relatively cautious. He wanted to look at the plane's fault records to see if there were any descriptions similar to Xu Cang's.
Xu Cang quickly handed the maintenance book to the captain. The captain flipped through the pages one by one for a long time but did not find any similar descriptions. He returned the book to Xu Cang and comforted him, "Maybe you are wrong. I haven't heard anyone else say that, and there is no related fault in the maintenance book."
In this situation, Xu Cang couldn't say anything. Perhaps, he really didn't keep his hand steady at that time.
Xu Cang was not the kind of person who would get hung up on things, so he never mentioned this issue again. After that, the plane closed the cabin and started off as normal after all the passengers were gathered.
Although it is uncomfortable to get up early for an early flight, it is good from an operation perspective because before eight o'clock, the convection is relatively weak. The wind in this field is not only relatively small but also stable, making it relatively easier to operate.
As the plane taxied onto the runway , Xu Cang perked up. He wanted to see for himself whether there was anything wrong with the plane. It would be easier to see from the back.
After the controller gave the takeoff clearance, the captain pushed the N1 to 40 percent, and while adding thrust , he finally confirmed the aircraft configuration, and after confirmation, the N1 had reached exactly 40 percent.
"Let's go!" The captain pressed the timing button with his left hand and the TO/GA switch with his right hand. The thrust of the two engines began to gradually increase to the preset takeoff thrust on the N1 limit page.
The plane began to accelerate amid the roar of two CFM-56 engines. The captain and first co-pilot in the left and right seats cooperated with each other, one maneuvering and the other monitoring, and the standard shouting was normal and in line with the standards.
This was just an ordinary take-off action!
When the plane was about to break through the V1 speed, Xu Cang straightened his back slightly. The difference between V1 and Vr is very small, and usually you should raise your head soon after V1 is reported.
When we took off just now, the tower controller reported that the ground wind was calm. Judging from the physical experience during the takeoff roll, the report of calm wind should be correct. At least during the takeoff roll, the aircraft had almost no left or right deviation, which felt quite good.
Less than two seconds after the first officer called out V1, the aircraft reached the rotation speed and the first officer called out, "Rotate!"
The captain glanced at the airspeed indicator and confirmed that the aircraft had reached the rotation speed, then he made the initial pull-up maneuver as usual.
Just as the tower control said just now, it is a calm wind environment now. The captain does not need to make any corrections to the wheel rotation action. He only needs to follow the most normal operating procedures. This action is almost easy to perform even for a second officer.
However, this very repetitive action that had been performed countless times over the years went wrong.
In Xu Cang's eyes, the captain's movements with the stick were quite standard, as if they had been honed through thousands of times and embedded into muscle memory . For a mature captain, this was nothing.
However, with this standard tilt-up action, the plane seemed to be lifted up by some force and tilted its head up at an extremely terrifying speed. Before the crew members could react, the tilted head had almost reached ten degrees.
Too fast, this is really too fast! The speed of the nose lifting was beyond everyone's imagination, including Xu Cang.
The tail strike attitude of the Boeing 737-800 is 11 degrees! At this time, the aircraft is very close to the edge of the tail strike.
Perhaps the captain had never thought that his standard wheel rotation action would cause such an abnormal result, and he actually experienced a brief brain overload.
In the perception of all Boeing pilots, they may not trust other systems on the aircraft, but they will always trust the joystick. This is also what Boeing pilots believe to be the most important advantage of Boeing aircraft.
But at this moment, the 1566 aircraft instantly broke the perception of being a Boeing pilot.
