Chapter 409: Chapter 195: Race Against Death

At this moment, they were completely unfamiliar with this river, unsure of its width, depth, elevation differences, or whether its flow was rapid.

Just as Gu Ji was about to speak out to dissuade them.

Bolton pulled a phone from his pocket, swiped the screen on, revealing a screensaver of him and a young girl. He lovingly stroked her face, saying, “Mr. Yasen, let’s take a gamble, shall we? Let’s follow my plan, keep parallel with the river, descend slowly, maintain level, okay?”

“Wait! Bolton, I found an open field!”

Just as he resolved to face certain death, Gu Ji suddenly shouted.

Bolton raised his head and indeed saw not far to the east of the river, an oval-shaped meadow exposed in the middle of the forest, large enough for them to complete the emergency landing.

Instantly, hope and excitement reignited in his pupils, “Fuck! It’s a damn meadow! We might be saved!”

“Yes! Bolton, we should give it our all!”

“You’re right, Mr. Yasen, time!”

“2 minutes! Start the APU! Flap lever to position 5!”

Gu Ji quickly found the dual engine failure emergency landing procedure from the manual, and immediately pushed the flap lever.

Bolton kissed the screensaver, then swiftly put it back in his pocket. He quickly followed the instructions he broadcasted for the APU operation, “VAPP confirmed.”

VAPP is the aircraft approach correction speed, one of the most critical parameters for aircraft landing, which varies with changes in aircraft weight, landing configuration, headwind, whether auto-thrust is engaged, icing conditions, and downward airflow.

If VAPP is too fast, the aircraft will make a heavy landing, like a big guy crashing hard onto the ground.

“183KT!”

Gu Ji glanced at the current airspeed.

Aircraft speed is measured in knots, converting to approximately 338 kilometers per hour.

Bolton shook his head with a serious expression.

“This speed is too fast; the AM649 model is a Boeing-7M8, with an empty weight of 41.4 tons. Considering the 70% occupancy of the passenger cabin, cargo, and fuel weight, it should be around 60 tons, corresponding to an emergency landing VAPP of 163KT.”

“90 seconds! Wind direction! It’s northwest winds now, at a speed of 9.7 meters per second; we can proceed against the wind and dump fuel!”

“Great idea! Mr. Yasen! Fuel dump!”

“Fuel dump!”

As Bolton raised his hand to press the fuel valve, a “pshh pshh” sound ensued, and the cabin fuel instantly turned into two streams of air waves, dispersing out from both sides of the wings.

“60 seconds! 171KT! Spoiler pre-armed!”

Vroom vroom——!

Due to Bolton steering the aileron into the wind for flight, the cabin’s sound grew louder, and the aircraft body kept vibrating. Gu Ji had to shout loudly into the flight headset to prevent Bolton from hearing incorrectly.

At this moment, he could clearly see the ground trees on both sides through the windshield.

The fast-moving fuselage speed and the blurred shadows of the tree crowns caused his adrenaline, heart rate, and blood pressure to rise, quickly triggering a vibration alert from his wristwatch.

It’s well known that it’s like driving a car.

When your reference is the side window, you’ll feel fast, but focusing forward, it feels slow.

The same logic applies to flying; at high altitude, speed can only be read from instruments, but when flying close to the ground, the surrounding tree trunks, sounds, and fuselage vibrations provide an impactful sensory stimulus!

“30 seconds! 1000FT AGL!”

“Yasen! Landing gear!”

“Landing gear!”

Gu Ji repeated, quickly turning the landing gear mechanical gear lever.

And just as the landing gear’s weight descended, the aircraft’s tail suddenly shook, followed by a roaring sound, and cabin alarms sounded: “APU failure! APU failure!”

Bolton swore loudly.

“Fuck! Fuck! This damn plane, I really want to shove the aircraft nose hard into the Boeing CEO’s feathered cap!”

“Zero time! 500FT AGL!”

This indicates absolute altitude, essentially true altitude, which is the aircraft’s distance from the ground, only 500 feet, or 152 meters!

Gu Ji hurriedly pressed the headset intercom, switched cabin communication, and warned the passenger cabin:

“Cabin ready for crash position! The aircraft is about to make an emergency landing!”

“Ah…”

Upon these words, even through the door, he could still hear the terrified screams of passengers at the rear.

And at this moment, the aircraft was already perilously close above the treetops, brushing across the tree crowns, flying over the meadow, and the aircraft was about to land on the ground.

“Time!”

“Zero time 15 seconds! Level off! Touch down with minimum V/S!”

“Prepare for touchdown!”

Watching the grass come closer and closer, Bolton shouted loudly, and with a “thud,” the nose landing gear wheel suddenly struck the grass, followed by the aft landing gear, and the fuselage erupted in violent vibrations.

“Yasen! Extend brake acceleration! Full reverse thrust!”

“Full reverse thrust!”

“Help me with the brakes! Yasen! Quick!”

“Alright!”

Gu Ji stared wide-eyed, exerting all his strength on the brakes. A shrill screech pierced through the fuselage’s rumbling vibration, the aft left landing gear tires flew off, the fuselage instantly tilted leftward, the wing slammed onto the ground with a “boom,” like a sharp blade swiftly slicing across the grass.

A tremendous amount of soil was tossed in waves by the wing tips, the fuselage shaking violently.

Suddenly!

The wing broke off, “whoosh,” as a piece of white metal was caught in the wind and slammed into the fuselage with a thunderous crash, even making the entire aircraft jolt violently.

Seeing the open ground ahead diminishing, the forest drawing close to the aircraft nose.

Bolton’s eyes were practically bulging, and Gu Ji stomped the brakes, his face flushed red.

“Ah—!!”

“Ahhhhh—!!”

Both shouted loudly, as if venting their fear and pressure, while also cursing the unfairness of this disaster.

Crunch! Finally, the aft left landing gear couldn’t bear the load and completely broke off, the fuselage skidded along the grass.

Squeak squeak squeak…

The forest was right in front, Bolton at this point had completely closed his eyes, leaving it to fate.

“I swear if he dares, let me do it again!!”

Gu Ji’s forehead veins throbbed, his eyes filled with frenzy, his feet stomping the brakes to the bottom, watching the nose crash into the forest, tree trunks snapping one by one, the nose’s iron skin starting to crumple.

The aircraft suddenly stopped!

Vroom…

At this moment, the external rumbling, vibration, all vanished, as if the whole world had been paused.

Bolton opened his eyes, seeing the aircraft successfully landed.

He suddenly turned his head.

Four eyes met.

“Yasen, we…”

“Haha, we did it.”

“Fuck! Fuck—!!!”

Bolton cursed to his heart’s content, immediately pulling out his phone, kissing the screen with his girlfriend, grabbing Gu Ji’s shoulder with the other hand, shaking him excitedly, “We successfully landed! Successfully completed a mountain landing!! Unbelievable, my heart is about to leap out! Yasen, shut down all engine master switches! APU master switch!!”

“Me too, haha, screw the damn 7M8…”

Gu Ji panted heavily, grinning widely, while helping Bolton to turn off the switches. He then pressed the headset intercom button, connecting to the passenger cabin: “Cabin, prepare to execute emergency evacuation procedures!”

“Everyone stay calm! Follow my instructions, evacuate through the emergency exits!”

“Oh God!!”

“Oh! We survived!”

“Oh my God unbelievable! Thanks to the captain! Wuhuu…”

Behind the cabin door, the purser shouted reminders, followed by the passengers erupting in cheers.

At this moment, a spark exploded inside the cabin.

“God! Mr. Yassen, we need to leave here quickly!”

Bolton unbuckled his seatbelt, opened the cabin door, at that moment the cabin was in chaos, the purser and remaining flight attendants arranging passengers to evacuate through the emergency exits.

And just as Gu Ji followed him out of the cockpit.

The system’s voice again echoed in his mind.

[Objective: Survive for 30 minutes completed!]

[Please choose your reward!]

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