At this moment, the tower controller who was continuously calling the flight was in a state of confusion, after a short period of stunned, and then reacted instantly, his heart sank, and he hurriedly said to Zhou Hai: "Hello, Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, I am the tower of Shicheng Airport, please report the status of the plane immediately, whether it can successfully land at the airport." ”

Caught in a bird strike on a flight?

Two pilots unconscious?

Active Air Force pilot?

God, this is the rhythm of plane crashes!

Now, it is imperative to know the details of the aircraft immediately so that we can respond accordingly.

In addition to calling Zhou Hai, the controller immediately pressed the emergency red button to carry out the standard emergency procedures.

"Hello, Shicheng Tower, the plane is 8,900 meters high, the speed is 820 kilometers per hour, the remaining fuel is 68%, it should be in the state of autopilot at the moment, there is a hole in front of the cockpit due to the impact, the diameter is about one meter, the plane seems to have made a large-angle dive and descent before, and the airframe structure should be affected."

Zhou Hai sat on the soft seat stained with gray-brown feathers and blood, looked at the slightly damaged cockpit avionics, and reported all the corresponding readings to the Shicheng Tower, his voice was steady and powerful:

"The avionics in the cockpit were damaged in the impact, some of the equipment was unusable, I don't know if it will be successful for the time being, how far is it from the destination? By the way, you need to get me a Boeing 777-200 pilot, I've only flown the Beginner 6 and haven't been exposed to fly-by-wire yet. ”

Silent.

In the radio communication channel, there was once again a dead silence.

"Notify your superiors, notify your superiors as quickly as possible, hurry! Activate the first-level emergency plan, contact the fire truck and ambulance, and go to the crew members of the China Southern Airlines CZ89541 and ask them to come as quickly as possible! In less than a second, the controller's anxious roar was heard in the channel.

Severe!

Unprecedented serious!

When Zhou Haiyi revealed the specific status of the plane in detail one by one, the Shicheng Airport controller finally understood how serious the whole thing was.

A hole in the cockpit with a diameter of one meter, damage to the onboard avionics, and maintaining an altitude of 8,900 meters and a speed of 820 kilometers per hour, this series of short and concise words revealed a cruel truth -

The flight, carrying 326 passengers and crew, was at stake, with a life-and-death stake, and a catastrophic air crash could have been staged if one was not careful.

Moreover, the most important situation is that the active pilot of the People's Liberation Army who controls the plane has only flown the most primitive Chujiao VI.

The old-fashioned and backward aircraft, with propellers, mechanical control, and simple cockpit flight instruments, are only used by the Civil Aviation School and the Air Force Aviation School for flight cadets in the primary flight stage.

What is a twin-engine medium- and long-range airliner with the model number Boeing 777-200?

Using fly-by-wire control, advanced avionics equipment, and equipped with two high-thrust and high-bypass ratio turbofan engines, the empty weight is as high as more than 100 tons, and the full load can reach a terrifying figure of 247 tons, condensing all kinds of advanced aviation technology.

To be honest, the controllers at the Shicheng Airport tower are almost crazy.

A Boeing 777 passenger plane loaded with 326 passengers and weighing more than 200 tons is hovering on the brink of an air crash, flying at a speed of 820 kilometers per hour, and it will only take about 30 minutes to reach the sky over Shicheng Airport.

As the capital of the river province, Shicheng is a gathering place for aviation industry and heavy industry, an important production area of national agriculture, and an important transportation hub in the northern region, with a permanent population of tens of millions.

If this Boeing 777 airliner were to fall from the sky, even a three-year-old would know what to do.

There was a burst of chickens and dogs jumping at Shicheng Airport, and the person in charge of the tower who was squatting in the toilet learned of the situation, and quickly ran out after wiping his buttocks to command.

The airport implements a first-level emergency plan, and a series of ground support vehicles such as orange fire trucks, special rescue vehicles, airport boarding ladder vehicles, and ambulances are on standby.

The two runways of the airport were emptied as quickly as possible, and more than a dozen flights that were about to land at Shicheng Airport were notified that they were all prohibited from landing except for those that were about to run out of fuel, and landed at the nearby 4C-level Xingcheng Airport to avoid danger and make room.

A single plane crash is enough to have catastrophic consequences, and if it spreads to other aircraft on the way down, it can cause even more deadly and terrible secondary injuries.

At the same time, the airfield immediately urgently reported the situation to the Supreme Operational Command Center of the Central Theater of Operations.

Immediately afterwards, the tower controller immediately called out to Zhou Hai, and his words were clear and fast: "Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, the crew of China Southern Airlines will arrive soon, what is your own situation now, please report the situation of the aircraft in real time." ”

"Report to the tower, I am in good physical condition, the plane is in autopilot, there is no situation for the time being, just now I observed the feathers and fragments of the cockpit wreckage, this should be a wild goose hitting the cockpit." Zhou Hai sat quietly in the flight seat, did not touch the control panel, ignored the strong wind blowing in his face, did not care about the huge overload in the high-speed flight, observed the wreckage of the cockpit with his eyes, and looked at the half-cut head of the bird in the corner of the cabin, his voice was stable.

The half-cut head with a sharp, slender beak with a pitch-black surface and gray-brown feathers and white feathers all over the cockpit most likely is a wild goose.

First of all, geese can fly at an altitude of 10,000 meters, which is reasonable and scientific, and it is impossible for a sparrow to fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters and crash the plane.

Secondly, it is now March, and according to biological habits, the geese that spend the winter in the south have begun to migrate north during this time period, ready to breed.

The controller was stunned, and said with a straight face: "Wild goose? This matter is not important for the time being, let's get the plane down safely first. ”

It didn't matter what bird hit the plane, and he didn't care.

For the aviation industry, bird strikes are a worldwide problem that cannot be avoided at all, and once something happens, the only way to deal with it is to try to deal with it.

Of course, it was also the first time that the tower controller had encountered an accident in which an aircraft was hit by a bird at cruising altitude.

The top priority is to let the CZ8954 flight full of passengers land safely, and the aircraft worth billions can be guaranteed, and it is nothing if it cannot be guaranteed, the most important thing is people.

Lives matter!

At this time, a deep voice came from the radio communication channel: "Hello, Comrade PLA, I am a captain of China Southern Airlines, mainly flying Boeing 777-200 models, first of all, you need to know the basic performance parameters of Boeing 777-200, length 63.7 meters, wingspan 60.9 meters, height 18.5 meters, empty weight of 139.2 tons, full load of 247 tons. ”

The basic performance parameters of the aircraft, which are important indicators that allow pilots to fully and effectively understand and master the aircraft.