The Sapphire was in an unprecedented predicament.
The Sapphire was 150 meters long, 20 meters wide, and carried two fuel engines with a total of 12,000 horsepower.
One of the fuel engines had a major failure, causing the power of the left propeller to be lost.
If it was calm, the Sapphire could rely on the other fuel engine to operate at full power and slowly return to the port.
But now, the incoming waves were higher than its waterline, and the Sapphire could only spin in place against the strong winds and waves.
This was the Japanese trench area, even if it was only 67 nautical miles away from the port, the water below the Sapphire was more than 2,000 meters. Its anchor, which was hundreds of meters long, could only look at the deep sea and cry secretly.
"This is the dispatch center, please stabilize the direction and try not to face the waves with the hull. We will do our best to send rescue forces."
"Damn it, you send a rescue team immediately." The captain of the Sapphire, Brady, roared.
The helmsman on the side was so tired that he was about to collapse. The half-man tall rudder was turned into a windmill by him, trying to make the bow position face the waves.
In the luxurious cabin, there were already screams.
The tourists here were all upper-class people who lived in luxury all day long. When had they ever experienced such a bumpy ride?
"Son, I am now in Japanese waters. The Sapphire I took encountered stormy weather. Now it seems to have a malfunction and has been spinning in place. If something happened to me, please take care of your mother. Please be strong and don't be sad about my departure. "
"Dear, are you there? I am now on the Sapphire. If you heard this message and I didn't continue to contact you, it is likely that something happened to me. My account password is my birthday. I have accounts in three banks, Citigroup, Morgan, and Wells Fargo. In addition, I have a stock account in Wells Fargo. The money in it … well, there is a lot. Remember the Apple stock in it, don't sell it until it reaches 150 points, or I will not be happy in heaven. "
"Daddy, I am on the Sapphire with Carise. We encountered a storm and a strong wind. I am so scared, now the cruise is broken, I don't want to die. Daddy, ask Uncle General Rackley in Guam to send a helicopter to save me. "
The Sapphire was equipped with the latest satellite and radio communication systems, and there was a phone in every room. Taking advantage of the fact that communication was still working, almost all the passengers began to call home.
Everyone was in despair. Through the porthole, the tourists could see the huge waves in the sea outside, wreaking havoc on the Sapphire.
The Sapphire in the huge waves was like a rag doll on an air mattress, being tossed around.
The reports from the crew members and the calls from the tourists were sent back to the United States. The family members were in an uproar.
Their loved ones were in the middle of the waves and could capsize at any time?
If such a thing happened to anyone else, they would collapse. They immediately used their connections. He pressured the media, the government, and the Royal Galle Cruise Line to come up with a rescue plan now, immediately, immediately.
Tens of minutes later, the entire country was shaken.
The President immediately stopped what he was doing and called for the White House press conference.
The CEO of the Royal Galle Cruise Group flew to Japan in a chartered plane. At the same time, all the major news websites used their greatest authority to promote this news.
[Urgent! More than 200 tourists are trapped in Japanese waters. Their lives are in danger at any time.]
[The Sapphire cruise ship, one of the ten most luxurious cruise ships in the world, is trapped in the waters of Japan by a storm. It may sink at any time.]
[SOS, who will save the Sapphire.]
The media collectively exploded, and so did the netizens all over the country. Today, in the twenty-first century, with such advanced technology. How could such a thing happen, let everyone watch a luxury cruise ship with more than 200 tourists sink at any time under the watchful eyes of the whole country?
In the emergency rescue team set up by the White House, the atmosphere suddenly froze with the list of crew members sent by the Royal Caribbean Group.
There were 120 crew members and 221 passengers. Among these passengers, there were retired senior lawyers and retired company managers. There were the parents and wives of Wall Street elites and the families of members of Congress.
It was no wonder that the Sapphire cruise ship could be considered luxurious if it was calculated according to the size of the ship. Now the entire cruise ship only serves these two hundred people, and the accommodation is also comparable to a presidential suite. Ordinary people really can't afford its tickets.
Half an hour later, the news spread all over the world.
Major news websites in various countries in Europe and Hua Xia reported this shocking headline.
"Shocking! Japan caused a cruise ship in the United States to sink because of a serious weather prediction error."
"Breaking news, the Japanese Meteorological Department has caused a terrible disaster."
"A luxury cruise ship has become a fatal cruise ship. Let us pray for the Sapphire."
However, when the media all over the world heard the news and rushed to send photographers and reporters to Miyagi Puyue Island, which was closest to the sea area where the Sapphire was located. The Japanese media and government were silent at this moment.
Even …
Even the dispatch center of Miyagi Puyue Island had become silent.
Under the frantic interrogation of the United States, under the anger of the major media and the public, the Japanese Coast Guard squeezed out a message.
They were trying everything possible to launch a rescue, but the sea area where the Sapphire was located was getting more and more stormy. It was impossible for helicopters to fly over to evacuate the passengers. Under such circumstances, ordinary ships couldn't get close to the Sapphire at all. Because both ships were bumping in the waves, the closer they were, the easier it was to collide.
But …
They had mobilized five high-speed speedboats, and the crew risked their lives to go to the area where the incident happened. If nothing unexpected happened, the first batch of high-speed speedboats would arrive in twenty minutes.
At the same time, the United States Meteorological Department also collected the latest local weather data through satellites.
The data showed that there was a storm cloud gathering in the sky above the sea area. At the same time, because of the high temperature of the previous week, the water temperature had risen, and the evaporation ratio of the sea water was large, causing the air flow to rise, forming a tropical storm.
Now the local wind had reached 9.5, and it seemed to be getting stronger. When it rose to 10, it would be a typhoon.
Twenty minutes later, five speedboats that were sailing rapidly and passing through one huge wave after another finally arrived. Under the strong request of the United States, the security office had to send back the real-time footage of the scene.
When the major media in the United States received the real-time live footage, countless people covered their lips and couldn't breathe.
All the landscape facilities and buildings on the Sapphire deck had been destroyed by the waves. Having lost half of its power, it was struggling to turn its course again and again, trying its best to use the bow of the ship to face the waves that came crashing over.
When the family members saw the real-time footage on the news, they were so heartbroken that they almost fainted.
However, in the face of the roar of nature, the industrial and technological power of human beings became extremely small.
After many people checked the location of the sea area on the Internet, they asked Guam, which was thousands of miles away, to send a rescue plane.
In their impression, the United States Air Force was invincible. They could fight the whole world, aliens, and monsters.
However, this time, the Guam Air Force Base's performance was even worse than Japan's. From beginning to end, there was only one sentence: When the local weather conditions permit, we will send a plane as soon as possible.
The five speedboats cruising the scene were in a stalemate for only half an hour. Three of them couldn't hold on anymore and had to turn back. Because they had to maintain a high speed to break through the waves, they didn't even dare to get close to the Sapphire.
At 2: 08 in the afternoon, the White House's spokesperson issued the most urgent request for help to the world's media.
"On behalf of the United States Government, I send the most sincere request for help to the countries near the sea area where the Sapphire is located."
"No matter which government, organization, or company you are, as long as you have the ability, please save the Sapphire."
When the news came out, the world was in an uproar. (To be continued …)
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