The two pilots were sweating profusely, as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
They were pilots trained through a long professional flight course. They had more than 5,000 hours of flight time.
They were not machines. The long and boring journey would certainly wear down their enthusiasm for work, but their judgment and professional knowledge would only increase steadily with time.
The rudder failed.
The aircraft's automatic flight mode failed.
These two failures, which should never have happened at the same time, happened.
"Tower, it's an emergency. Our aircraft is out of order. The other pilot and I will never make a mistake. We are flying in a straight line. "
The pilot's teeth trembled a little. "I have flown to Shanghai Airport no less than ten times. I can guarantee that there is no city in front of us on our route."
"This …"
The ground tower hesitated and said, "Although the radar and positioning data displayed on the screen in front of me are exactly the same as the scheduled flight route."
"But I believe that you will not joke about the flight safety of a plane."
The pilot roared, "Never, I swear, our plane is really out of control."
The Electronic Messenger said seriously, "Try to identify the real location of the plane first. I will report this matter to the leader immediately."
After that, the Electronic Messenger turned his head and smiled at Dian Jing next to him. "Boss, these two stupid humans finally found out that they were flying the wrong route."
"Indeed, even I was a little surprised to find out after flying for so long." Dian Jing also smiled. He felt that the two pilots should have found out about the problem long ago, at least not long after they changed their route to Russia.
The electronic instruments in the cockpit of the plane could deceive their eyes, but the necessary spare mechanical dials above their heads would not.
If they looked up and carefully calculated the data on the mechanical dial, they would find that something was wrong.
What a pity.
It was like people who were used to driving automatic cars would be very awkward and reluctant in the face of manual transmission.
There were too many problems with humans, and laziness was the most obvious one.
The Electronic Messenger did not even pretend to go to the leader. He directly cut off the call.
The two pilots in the cockpit did not dare to delay.
They forced themselves to calm down.
At this moment, they finally thought of the mechanical instrument above their heads. The calculation showed that they had been flying in a straight line for almost two hours.
At this moment, the two pilots suddenly realized that the electronic instrument panel in front of them seemed to be controlled by someone.
Calm down!
Panicking would only waste the best time. The pilot asked his companion to immediately contact the American Aviation Command Department, report the situation, and check their real GPS location. He himself stood up from his seat.
He grabbed the flight log book and quickly flipped to a blank page. Then, he drew a quarter circle on it.
It was true that they were used to relying on electronic instruments, but that did not mean that they would only rely on electronic instruments.
Before the advent of various electronic navigation devices, how did humans navigate?
Airplanes had been invented more than a hundred years ago. During World War II, airplanes were the most classic tactic in war. At that time, pilots had to ensure radio silence throughout the entire mission, let alone GPS.
The pilot firmly stuck his eyes above the porthole. He wanted to complete a star chart celestial navigation through the auxiliary star observation mirror with sextant parameters.
Using the eye-catching stars or other celestial bodies as reference points, the true course of the aircraft could be determined.
First, he had to find the position of the moon.
Using the moon to locate several other important stars, using the position information of the celestial projection point as the center of the circle to determine the shortest distance from the projection point to the observation point on the auxiliary star observation mirror coordinates.
Using the scale inside to measure the celestial altitude angle, and then using the altitude difference method to solve the intersection of two or three circles...
After some calculations, the pilot was finally shocked to find that they were already over Russian territory.
Unknowingly, they had penetrated nearly thousands of kilometers into Russian territory.
"I can't get in touch!" The co-pilot's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He had just used all the external communication equipment on the plane, but the headset was full of current busy tones.
"What about Hua Xia's tower?"
"Also... can't get in touch, just when the other party said they were going to report to the leader."
"Calm down." The pilot comforted him. "Maybe the enemy has the ability to eavesdrop on our calls. After learning that Hua Xia's tower was going to report this matter, they immediately interfered with our communication equipment."
"The enemy?" The co-pilot was very surprised. "Is this not a fault?"
"A fault?" The pilot's teeth were trembling, and he sneered. "The autopilot failure may be fooled by a fault, but the six displays in front of us all show the Hua Xia route. How can this be explained?"
"Even the Hua Xia ground tower, I suspect that the enemy is impersonating it."
"Our plane is clearly in Russian airspace, but they said that on the radar screen, our position is near Shanghai."
"You mean..." Thinking of a possibility, the co-pilot also trembled violently. He pointed his trembling finger below.
Below, it was Russia.
"Yes, who else could it be other than Russia?"
"Otherwise, how can we explain that we have been flying in Russian territory for several hours, but we haven't received any warning from the Russian Air Force?"
"Did their radars fail collectively?"
The two pilots could not imagine what the enemy had done to be able to take control of the entire plane without them knowing. Even the electronic instruments had been hijacked by them.
But this didn't prevent them from confirming that the enemy must be from Russia just by looking at the Russian air defense radar without any reaction.
It was impossible for the Russian Air Force and the Civil Aviation Department to not see a passenger plane straying into Russia.
This was not an ordinary commercial flight. In the cabin sat a high-ranking director of the Social Security Administration and several representatives of the Ministry of Commerce. If there was any conspiracy, it must be directed at the director.
The two pilots decided to seize control of the plane first. As long as they seized control, they could follow the celestial navigation and fly the plane to Hua Xia.
It didn't matter if the autopilot failed and the full telex operating system was invalid.
At this moment, the two pilots wanted to kiss the designers and thank them for still keeping the cumbersome and inefficient mechanical operation that had existed for hundreds of years.
Although it was only the most basic ascending, descending, and turning left and right, it was an extravagant hope to rely on these functions to land on the runway at night.
But as long as they reached Hua Xia, Russia's electronic hijacking of the plane would inevitably fail.
The starting mechanical operation was a bit complicated. Multiple sets of fully manual operation plans had to be executed. They even had to remove a baffle under their feet and connect the hydraulic pipe of the linkage mechanical lever to the rudder.
Under the threat of life, the two pilots only took less than a minute to complete all the operations.
"Sit tight." The pilot shouted.
The rudder was shifted to the left by seven degrees. This was the limit of deviation angle that the Boeing 747 could achieve at high speed. If it exceeded seven degrees, the plane could roll over or break its wings.
In pure mechanical driving mode, all electronic auxiliary equipment would fail.
If it was a novice pilot, it was very likely that he would be nervous or subconsciously think that the auxiliary equipment was still working. No matter how much the rudder deviated, the auxiliary equipment would be locked at a safe angle, causing the plane to crash and people to die.
At seven degrees, the Boeing 747 would shake violently and its center of gravity would quickly shift.
The next second …
Nothing happened in the next second!
The pilot was completely stunned. His left foot that was stepping on the rudder was at a loss.
They had clearly switched to mechanical driving mode. Why …
Because it was the 21st century. Even if there was a pure mechanical control system, it was impossible for there not to be any electronic control chips or mechanical auxiliary parts on this system.
It was impossible to say that the pilot stepped on the rudder, the rudder pulled the lever, and then the tail fin that was dozens of meters away from the cockpit was also deflected.
At 800 kilometers per hour, even if the tail fin was deflected by one degree, the wind resistance pressure it endured was not something that could be shaken by human strength.
Therefore, it required the rudder to be connected to a hydraulic pipe. The hydraulic pipe was then connected to an independent mechanical hydraulic pump. The mechanical hydraulic pump provided enough hydraulic power to drive the tail fin to deflect.
Even the hydraulic system of a car required an electronic chip to control, let alone a plane that was more than ten times more complicated.
The only difference was that the hydraulic system on the plane had backup electronic chips. If one was burned, there would be another backup.
The problem now was that the two chips and the hydraulic pump had been disconnected from power by Dian Jing.
The two pilots also realized that there was a problem with a certain link. They wanted to inform the pilot to repair it.
They shouted into the headset for a long time before they realized that not only was the external communication interfered with, but even the internal communication system of the plane had completely stopped working.
The co-pilot stood up without saying a word and pulled the access door open. Then …
Uh …
The door was locked, and the door guard had a [STOP]
Red sign on it.
Since the crash into the World Trade Center in 2001, all passenger planes had replaced the isolation door that connected the cockpit to the outside world. The door was replaced with bulletproof material and had added a locking function. The pilot had the right to lock the isolation door from the inside without informing the crew in case of an emergency.
Once there was a [STOP]
Suddenly]. Outsiders could no longer open the door, not even the pilot.
This was to prevent someone in the cabin from threatening the pilot with the crew or passengers to open the door from the inside. After all, people's hearts were full of uncertainty.
Only after the plane landed could the ground technicians use special equipment to open it from the maintenance window below.
"Could it be …"
"Are there Russian agents among those passengers?" The pilot thought of a terrifying possibility.
Someone had cooperated with the outside and tampered with some equipment on the plane.
With this conjecture, the first thing he thought of was the reporters who carried a lot of interview equipment.
If someone had smuggled special electronic equipment in, the security check might not be able to detect it.
With this conjecture, the two pilots did not dare to rashly smash the door to attract the attention of the crew outside.
The enemy could even control the six information displays. In theory, it would be easier to control the surveillance screen.
It seemed to be a peaceful scene in the cabin, but who knew what was going on?
The two pilots quickly flipped through the aircraft equipment maintenance manual, trying to find a solution to regain control in the cockpit.
But!
Just as they opened the manual, the Boeing 747, which had been flying smoothly, suddenly sank.
Vaguely, the two pilots could still hear the broadcast coming in from outside the cabin door.
"Dear Mr. Director, and media representatives, our destination for this flight, Shanghai International Airport, is about to arrive. Please fasten your seat belts … "
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