Captain Brooke was stunned. He stared at Xia Ruofei and asked, "You … How did you know? Could it be … "
Xia Ruofei said, "I don't know Wilkins. It's just that my hearing is good, and my seat is closer to you, so I heard everything!"
Captain Brooke was a little relieved. What he was most worried about was that Wilkins had an accomplice on the plane.
Of course, he thought that this possibility was not high. After all, Wilkins wanted to commit suicide. How could there be so many people who didn't care about their lives? Moreover, from Wilkins' operation, he didn't need an accomplice at all. At least for now, it was a dead end. There was nothing he could do.
So Captain Brooke accepted Xia Ruofei's explanation.
"Sir, since you heard it, please keep it a secret to avoid causing panic among the passengers!" Captain Brooke said seriously, "Also, please go back to your seat immediately! Don't interfere with us opening the door! "
Xia Ruofei shook his head and said, "No! I think you need help very much. If this continues, I'm afraid you won't be able to open the cockpit door even if the plane falls into the sea! "
Captain Brooke frowned and said, "Do you have a way?"
Xia Ruofei smiled and walked up to the air marshal and said, "Please let me use the axe!"
Out of professional sensitivity, the air marshal subconsciously retracted his hand and made a defensive gesture. He didn't hand the axe to Xia Ruofei.
Captain Brooke was also hesitant because he didn't think that this thin Asian man could open the sturdy cockpit door.
But Xia Ruofei didn't give them time to think at all. After saying that, he stepped forward.
The air marshal only felt a flash in front of his eyes, and then his hand became lighter. He was shocked to find that the axe in his hand was in Xia Ruofei's hand.
"Please step back a little!" Xia Ruofei said lightly.
Captain Brooke gestured for everyone to step back. This was a desperate attempt. Normally, they wouldn't let the explosion-proof axe fall into the hands of the passengers.
Xia Ruofei raised the explosion-proof axe with both hands and chopped down at the cockpit door. But whether it was the strength of his body or the momentum of his chop, he was far inferior to the air marshal.
Captain Brooke muttered in his heart, "I must be crazy. I actually have a glimmer of hope for this Huaxia man …"
But the next moment, he was stunned.
Xia Ruofei's seemingly weak chop down, but the cockpit door made of solid alloy had a clear dent.. and there was even a small crack at the bottom of the dent …
"God …" Captain Brooke and the air marshal muttered to themselves at the same time.
The crew was suddenly filled with hope.
If they could break open the cockpit door, they would be able to save the plane! After all, Wilkins was the only one in the cockpit.
Xia Ruofei, on the other hand, was slightly depressed. He originally thought that the cockpit door would open because his seemingly casual swing had actually used all of his strength. Furthermore, he had also infused his True Qi into it. Even if it was a thick steel plate, it would still be split open by his axe.
But it seemed that he had underestimated the strength of the cockpit door.
However, Xia Ruofei did not hesitate and once again raised the axe high up.
Clang!
This time, the dent in the cockpit door became more obvious, and the crack expanded, revealing the metal structure inside the cockpit door.
"That's the cockpit door lock!" Captain Brooke said with his sharp eyes, "Sir, please chop the lock!"
Xia Ruofei turned around and made an OK gesture. He took a deep breath and raised the explosion-proof axe again.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Xia Ruofei chopped three times in a row, and each chop landed accurately on the same position.
The thick alloy lock suddenly cracked, but it still stubbornly locked the cockpit door.
Xia Ruofei went forward to check, then turned around and said, "Step back!"
Then, Xia Ruofei also stepped back five or six steps, almost to the curtain of the first class cabin. As for Captain Brooke and the others, they had already retreated to the kitchen in the front cabin, looking at Xia Ruofei nervously.
Xia Ruofei threw the explosion-proof axe aside, then rushed in the direction of the cockpit. In just a few steps, his speed had increased. When he reached the cockpit door, Xia Ruofei turned his body sideways, concentrating all his energy on the back of his right shoulder. Then, with the momentum, he used a move similar to traditional martial arts to hit the cockpit door heavily.
With a muffled bang, an unforgettable scene for Captain Brooke and the other crew members appeared – the cockpit door was actually forced open by Xia Ruofei!
They saw very clearly just now that although the alloy lock buckle had a crack, it was far from being cut off. Moreover, the cockpit door was facing outwards. Xia Ruofei's collision actually caused the door to open inwards at an angle. This meant that the equally sturdy hinges on the other side had also been damaged by this collision!
Captain Brooke was the first to recover, and he took the lead to rush up.
Xia Ruofei saw that the cockpit door had not fallen down yet, and he was slightly stunned. At this time, Captain Brooke had already rushed over and pulled the cockpit door in the opposite direction. As expected, the door opened easily.
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but blush – it turned out that he was in the wrong direction!
After the door opened, Xia Ruofei also saw the situation in the cockpit clearly.
On the left seat, there was a gray-haired old pilot leaning against the seat. His head was hanging down, and there was a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth. He was no longer breathing.
The pilot on the right was probably Wilkins. He obviously didn't expect the cockpit door to be broken from the outside. At this time, he was looking back with a shocked expression on his face.
However, Wilkins quickly recovered. He didn't panic, and instead, he picked up a crossbow next to him. Xia Ruofei had seen this kind of crossbow before when he was serving in the special forces. This kind of crossbow fired steel balls, and the most powerful ones could even penetrate steel plates when fired at close range.
Xia Ruofei sensed a trace of danger, but at this time, the anxious Captain Brooke was already in front of him. He couldn't rush over and grab the crossbow immediately. In this half a beat, Wilkins had already raised the crossbow.
However, his target was not Captain Brooke and Xia Ruofei behind him.
Wilkins had a crazy smile on his face. He aimed the crossbow at the windshield in front of him, and then pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Brooke's face changed drastically, as if he saw the most terrifying scene in the world. He screamed, "No! No! Wilkins! Stop! "
But it was too late. The steel balls in Wilkins's crossbow shot out rapidly and hit the windshield. The windshield, which was known for its strength and safety, immediately cracked.
Wilkins's action was extremely crazy. In such a small space, the steel balls would definitely bounce and hit someone with irregular reflections. He was sitting close to the windshield, so he should be in the most danger.
The reason why Brooke reacted so violently, even more so than Wilkins shooting at him directly, was because as a senior pilot, he had already figured out the purpose of Wilkins's crazy action.
Wilkins wanted to break the windshield. At this time, the plane was more than 20,000 feet in the air. The inside of the plane was pressurized and maintained at standard atmospheric pressure. The air outside the cabin was very thin, and the pressure difference between the inside and outside was huge.
At this time, the plane was like a balloon, but the walls of the balloon were very sturdy.
If the windshield was broken, it would be equivalent to the balloon being punctured, and the air inside the cabin would leak out at high speed through the hole. If a balloon encountered such a situation, it would naturally explode with a bang. But if the plane encountered such an explosive loss of pressure, the hole would be torn open in an instant, and then the lack of oxygen and low temperature at high altitude would be fatal to the people inside the cabin.
The speed of the plane at this time was about 700 to 800 kilometers per hour. If it was exposed to the outside environment, it would be equivalent to racing at a speed of 700 to 800 kilometers per hour in the low temperature of minus 10 degrees Celsius. Furthermore, there was no windshield. That kind of situation could be imagined …
Of course, under normal circumstances, the windshield was very safe.
There were three layers to the windshield. The outermost layer was thermally tempered glass, and the middle and inner layers were chemically tempered glass. The layers of glass were bonded together by polyurethane and PVB layers.
Under normal circumstances, the cockpit windshield could withstand five times the maximum pressure difference of the plane. Even if one of the structural layers, such as the inner or middle layer, was damaged, the cockpit windshield could still withstand two times the maximum pressure difference of the plane. It was still very safe.
But Wilkins was obviously very experienced. The powerful crossbow in his hand could fire continuously, and the windshield was right in front of him, so he did not hesitate to pull the trigger continuously. The high-speed and powerful steel balls continuously hit the same spot, and soon, cracks began to appear on the inner and outer layers of the windshield.
When the plane was designed, such an extreme situation was definitely not considered. So even if the cockpit windshield could withstand the impact of flying birds or hailstones at high speed, it was still very fragile under the attack of the powerful crossbow.
The whole process was very complicated to describe, but in reality, it only took two to three seconds. Even Xia Ruofei did not have time to react, and Wilkins had already fired at least six or seven steel balls.
Wilkins's determination was unwavering.
Under Captain Brook's desperate eyes, a "bang" came from the cockpit, as if a small bomb had exploded in the cockpit. Then, the entire right windshield disappeared.
Wilkins also disappeared. The air in the cockpit leaked out at high speed through the gap, sucking in everything that was not fastened in the cockpit.
Wilkins, who was very determined to die, did not wear a seat belt at all, so he was sucked out through the gap in the windshield.
At this time, the plane's cruising speed was about Mach 0.8, which was equivalent to 800 to 900 kilometers per hour. So after Wilkins was sucked out of the cockpit, he disappeared in an instant.
Such a tragic way of dying really made people tremble all over. How crazy must one be to do such a thing to oneself?!
In fact, Brook and Xia Ruofei, who were at the cockpit door, could not even see Wilkins, because the moment the windshield exploded, all the unfastened items in the cockpit, including the flight manual, were sucked out through the gap.
Even the right side of the cockpit was instantly deformed by the high-speed airflow.
The entire cockpit was filled with the sound of air whistling, and no other sound could be heard.
Brook and Xia Ruofei, who were not fastened by seat belts, were naturally sucked into the gap. Xia Ruofei channeled his True Qi and quickly stabilized himself, as if he was rooted to the floor.
However, Captain Brooke, who was in his forties, was in a very sorry state. One of the flying steel balls had hit his left arm. Blood immediately flowed out, and his entire arm could not move. He was afraid that his bones were injured. The moment the glass exploded, he was sucked in involuntarily, and his right shoulder hit the back of the co-pilot's seat.
If Xia Ruofei did not quickly grab his leg, he would have followed in Wilkins' footsteps.
As for the flight attendants and air marshals behind Xia Ruofei, they were also blown away by the wind.
Because the cockpit door had been destroyed, the entire cockpit was connected to the passenger cabin at the back, so the rear cabin was also a mess. Under the sudden drop in air pressure, the oxygen masks in the passenger cabin all hung down in an instant. Coupled with the violent shaking of the plane, many passengers could not help but scream.
After the high-pressure air in the cabin quickly leaked out, the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the cockpit was balanced.
At this time, the air in the cabin was very thin, and the cold wind poured in through the gap. The entire cockpit was howling with the wind, and coupled with the tearing of the high-pressure airflow, the plane's autopilot system seemed to have been damaged, and the plane was shaking violently without anyone controlling it.
After a short period of shock, Captain Brook quickly recovered. He struggled to stand up and took a step into the co-pilot's seat.
Fortunately, the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the cockpit had been balanced, and the terrifying suction force was no longer there. On the contrary, the cold airflow poured in through the gap, and he was not in danger of being sucked out.
Now the plane was still more than 20,000 feet in the air, and the air was very thin, and the oxygen content was very low. In this case, it would only take ten to ten seconds for the person to fall into a coma due to the lack of oxygen in the brain. By then, the plane would really be beyond saving.
Therefore, Captain Brook's first thought was to quickly reduce the altitude so that the oxygen concentration in the cabin could barely maintain the human body's needs.
The Airbus plane's joystick was a bit similar to a joystick in a game, and it was located on both sides of the window.
After Captain Brook sat down, he immediately grabbed the joystick and pushed forward, trying to quickly reduce the flight altitude of the plane.
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