The two stayed in Singapore for another three days, because the company sent them a task notice, so they had to end their vacation and go back to work. This was Ye Mi's first time to fly in the first class cabin, and she was a little excited, swaying left and right in her seat. Qiao Yan asked the flight attendant for a blanket to put on her, "Aren't you complaining that you are tired and sleepy? Then go to bed quickly, and you will be home after a good sleep." After saying that, he pinched her nose. This girl is really liked no matter how he looks at her now, and he wants to hold her in his arms every day and never leave her for a moment.
Ye Mi shook her head and looked at him with a pout, "I don't want to sleep. I have to enjoy the first-class service. I haven't sat in first class before."
Qiao Yan smiled and poked her head hard. He really didn't know what to say to her. "Then enjoy yourself. I want to rest." With that, Qiao Yan closed his eyes and dozed off.
But Ye Mi seemed not to be affected at all. She foolishly asked the stewardess for juice, then coffee, and her smile was brighter than the stewardess. Qiao Yan squinted his eyes, secretly looked at her, and couldn't help laughing.
Ye Mi stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Qiao Yan's eyes, "Don't pretend to be asleep, I know you are peeking, the stewardesses of Singapore Airlines are so beautiful, better than our Feiyang."
Qiao Yan glared at her, "You are also a pilot, can you not make such a fuss? Haven't you seen it? Don't test me there anymore, you naughty girl." As he spoke, the flight attendant brought the juice that Ye Mi had just ordered.
"I didn't expect there would be a female pilot. I wonder which airline she is from." The flight attendant was very enthusiastic and even brought Ye Mi another blanket.
"I'm just a trainee. This, this is the most powerful captain in our company." Ye Mi didn't care about Qiao Yan's expression. This clearly touched his sore spot. Qiao Yan couldn't say that he was completely relieved about losing the opportunity to be a pilot, but some things were forced by circumstances. It was always easier for him to accept withdrawing like this than being taken down directly.
Ye Mi saw something, she pulled Qiao Yan's hand away and began to read his palm seriously, "I think your career will take a leap forward this year."
Qiao Yan snorted and tried to pull his hand back, but Ye Mi held it tightly. "Don't disbelieve me, I've read a lot of metaphysical books when I was free. My classmates used to call me Ye Banxian. Look, look!" She pointed to a line on her hand and began to explain. Qiao Yan looked at her serious expression, and a smile slowly spread across his lips. How lucky he was to have someone like this who knew what he was thinking and could help him relieve his worries.
"What are you laughing at? I'm serious. If you don't believe me, just wait and see. Things will definitely turn around. By then, I'll be the captain's wife." She spread out the blanket on her legs and turned towards the window. "I want to take a nap. I'm so sleepy."
Qiao Yan smiled and pulled the blanket for her, "Go to sleep, I'll call you when we get there."
The plane had been flying for an unknown amount of time when some noises began to appear in the economy class at the back. Qiao Yan was not sleeping well, so he moved around a bit and looked at the time. He felt something was wrong and that the plane should have landed, but he did not even hear the announcement of the plane preparing to land. After a moment, he felt that the plane seemed to be circling in the sky, which gave him a bad feeling.
He stopped a flight attendant passing by and asked, "Excuse me, are we over Hongyuan Airport now?"
The flight attendant was stunned for a moment, then smiled again, "There is a problem on the ground at the airport right now, so we are waiting for instructions to land. Is there anything I can help you with?"
Qiao Yan's face darkened, "Give me two glasses of mineral water."
He woke up the person next to him, "Ye Zi, get up." If anything happened, they should be even more prepared.
Ye Mi suddenly woke up, "Ah, we're here?" She looked at Qiao Yan, who had a serious expression, "What happened?" She opened the porthole, looked for a while, and turned to look at Qiao Yan in surprise, "Why is it circling?"
Qiao Yan shook his head and lowered his voice, "The engine should be fine. Either there is a problem on the ground or there is a problem with the landing gear."
Ye Mi was startled for a moment, and immediately threw herself on him, hugging Qiao Yan's neck, "Will anything happen? Will anything happen to us?" She whispered in his ear, her voice choking with sobs, "Why am I so unlucky? I finally got the happiness I wanted. I don't want to die in a plane crash, Qiao Yan, I don't want to die."
Qiao Yan felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have woken her up. He patted her arm gently and said, "Don't worry about it. We don't know what's going on yet."
"I don't want to, no, I don't want to be separated from you, Qiao Yan, hold me, even if we fall, we must be together."
"What nonsense are you talking about? We won't separate." Qiao Yan hugged her and patted her back gently. "Let's not worry about trivial things for now, okay?"
Ye Mi nodded, and heard the noise in the economy class behind him getting louder and louder. An advertisement started playing on the radio, asking if there was a doctor on board, and that a passenger needed medical care. But soon a man followed the flight attendant into the cockpit. Ye Mi and Qiao Yan looked at each other, and their nerves suddenly became tense.
Qiao Yan held Ye Mi's hand tightly and said, "Don't be afraid, don't think too much." Although he said that, he couldn't help but think too much. Passengers should not be able to enter the cockpit of an airplane casually.
Qiao Yan was just thinking about how to comfort the person next to him when he saw a flight attendant standing in front of him. "Mr. Qiao Yan? I'm the chief attendant of this flight. Could you please come with me?"
Qiao Yan looked up, and after a moment of shock he quickly calmed down. He let go of Ye Mi's hand, comforted her, and then followed the flight attendant into the cockpit.
"Mr. Qiao, we know that you are an excellent pilot of Feiyang Airlines. Now the landing gear of this plane is half opened and cannot be opened, and it cannot be retracted. In addition, our captain has a sudden heart attack..."
"But you have a co-pilot, and I'm not very familiar with the Airbus A320."
"This is our first officer's second time in this position and he still lacks a lot of experience. We don't think he is capable of handling a situation like this. In addition, we have checked the passenger list of this plane and only you and Ms. Ye have experience in this area."
Qiao Yan didn't say anything. After hesitating for a moment, he looked up at the flight attendant and said, "I have two requests. First, if I sit in this seat, I am responsible for this plane and everyone on this plane must obey my command." He lowered his head and thought for a moment, "The second is to arrange a seat for my wife at the tail of the plane." If the plane needs to make an emergency landing, it will be much safer at the tail of the plane than in the first class cabin.
"I'll arrange it for you."
"Can I talk to her myself and call her in?"
Ye Mi couldn't believe it. "Yan, you are kidding me, how could the landing gear not open? I didn't even hear the landing broadcast, so how could I find out there was a problem with the landing gear?"
Qiao Yan looked at the other people in the cockpit, their shame was obvious.
"They wouldn't have flown so far with a broken landing gear." Ye Mi threw herself into Qiao Yan's arms, "I'll stay with you. I can't let you stay here alone."
Qiao Yan was also very nervous. It was hard to force a landing on such a large plane, and the front landing gear failure would undoubtedly put the most dangerous part at the front of the plane. Although every pilot would inevitably have a few times when his scalp tingled, he had never been as nervous as he was at this moment. He hugged Ye Mi tightly and kissed her head deeply. "Be obedient. I can't concentrate if you're here. Let them find you a seat at the tail of the plane."
"I don't want to, you are not responsible, let's not stay here, okay, let's go back to our seats." Ye Mi hugged his waist and didn't let go, "Why am I so unlucky, why do I have to lose happiness just when I saw it. Qiao Yan, I don't want to leave you."
Qiao Yan forced a smile, which was particularly ugly. "We went back to our seats just to wait for them to fall. Don't be silly. Just sit in the back and I can land safely. You should know that there are many such failures, and there are many successful examples."
“But there are also many unsuccessful examples.”
"Can't you say something nice? Didn't you say I'm the best pilot in Feiyang? You're just saying nice things to deceive me?" He deliberately relaxed, "Ye Zi, you're the person who gives me the least trouble. If you need anything when you land, go find the lawyer Yin who had dinner with us that day, Yin Yining, he will help you."
Ye Mi's heart suddenly tightened, and she stopped talking. As a pilot, she knew very well what such a failure meant, and as a normal person, she knew even more how terrible such an explanation was. Whether such an emergency landing was successful or not depended on both skills and luck. She always felt that she was lucky, and hoped to bring more to Qiao Yan.
"It will be fine. I'm Ye Banxian and I can tell fortunes. After this time, I can be a pilot when I go back." Ye Mi's grip was getting tighter and tighter. "I don't like that guy named Yin Yining. I don't want to see him." Ye Mi couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears.
Qiao Yan's heart was clenched tightly, and he kept kissing her forehead, "Don't cry, don't let others see your emotions when you go out, believe me, you must believe me." Qiao Yan hugged her, rubbed her ears, and whispered over and over again, "Ye Zi, I love you."
Ye Mi's tears burst out like a dam, she couldn't hold them back, and couldn't wipe them away, "Love me, you have to take care of me, Yan..."
Qiao Yan pushed her away. If they kept on being so clingy, the plane would run out of fuel. He reached out and wiped her tears, "Be good and stop crying. It's not auspicious to make it seem like a life-and-death separation."
Upon hearing this, Ye Mi sobbed a few times, and immediately forced herself to stop, "Qiao Yan, you can do it."
"I've reserved a table at Taste Buds tonight to celebrate our 800th day together. Ye Zi, I won't let anything happen to me."
Ye Mi came out of the cockpit and did not follow the chief flight attendant to the tail of the plane, but returned to her seat in the first class cabin, the seat closest to the cockpit. She wanted to be with him no matter what, and she also believed that Qiao Yan would be able to land the plane safely.
The flight attendant was a little embarrassed, but Ye Mi just smiled, "Just tell him that I'll be there at the end, and nothing will happen. He's the best pilot, and if he can't handle a situation, no one can handle it."
Soon, the flight attendant announced the plane's malfunction through the plane broadcast and began to comfort the passengers. Ye Mi looked at the group of terrified mothers and the crying children in her arms. She opened her bag and took out a toy bear. This was a cheap product that she forced Qiao Yan to buy when she was shopping with him. Thinking of his embarrassment at that time, she couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth.
"Little friend, this is for you. Don't be afraid. The captain uncle inside is the best pilot. He has handled many situations, flown for many important people, and often carries out charter missions. Don't worry." She smiled widely, not knowing where the confidence and determination suddenly came from.
It had been a long time since Qiao Yan had sat in the driver's seat of an Airbus, and he had never sat in the captain's seat on a flying plane. He just didn't expect that today he would sit in the captain's seat of a plane without landing gear.
He immediately contacted the tower, "SA8769, now under the control of Feiyang pilot Qiao Yan, altitude 6800 feet, speed 680m/s, the aircraft's front landing gear is faulty and cannot be corrected, the engine is normal, fuel 25%, high-speed left circle, try to swing off to fix the fault." If they could find a way to open the landing gear, that would be the best. For a large aircraft like this, the risk of forced landing is too high.
But the two difficult swinging maneuvers did not solve the crisis. Ye Mi held the handrail of the plane tightly, but she felt a sense of admiration in her heart. Such a big plane could do such a beautiful circling maneuver. She was now sure that it was the right choice for her to ask Jiang Mingming for a captain's position. It was a loss for Feiyang if such a good skill was buried.
The broadcast sounded again, the plane was preparing for an emergency landing, the chief flight attendant began to explain the self-protection actions that passengers needed to take for an emergency landing, and for the safety of the passengers, the flight attendants began to collect the items that the passengers carried with them that were potential safety hazards. Everyone's heart was suddenly in a knot, and there was no sound in the cabin. Ye Mi sat in his seat, clasped his hands together, and prayed silently, but his heart was surprisingly stable and calm.
The control tower was extremely busy, including the head of Dah Sing Airlines China, the head of the insurance company, Guan Enping, and the already anxious He Qingwen. What he hated most now was why he agreed to Qiao Yan's request. He should have brought Ye Mi back directly, even if he had to tie her up, so that she wouldn't be in danger now.
A large passenger plane carrying more than 300 people, without landing gear and even without a real captain, everyone is now calculating their own interests, the insurance company is facing huge compensation, both for property and personal injury, the airline will face significant losses and an unprecedented crisis of trust. Guan Enping has been busy moving all movable property at the airport. All the planes on site have landed at nearby airports. No one knows where this wheelless plane will go after landing.
Lin Pei was standing in front of the large glass curtain wall on the second floor of the airport lobby. The airport was particularly empty today. It had been raining heavily for more than two hours and it hadn't stopped yet. He was really surprised to hear that Qiao Yan was going to make an emergency landing. He was full of contradictions. As a pilot, the last thing he wanted to see was a plane crash, but because the person operating the plane was Qiao Yan, some subtle changes occurred in his heart. He clenched his fists and could see the lights of the plane flashing from a distance, which was extremely clear in the dark night.
"Nothing can happen." He clenched his fists and slammed them heavily on the glass.
"SA8769 fuel alarm, prepare for forced landing, run to 12l, wind speed 2m/s, wind direction 160 degrees, rear landing gear ready, front landing gear failure, prepare for forced landing. Altitude 1000 meters, 500 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters, forced landing!"
The plane roared down, and the rear landing gear landed steadily. The nose of the plane was slightly raised, and it slowly fell down. The belly of the plane slowly touched the runway, creating dazzling sparks, which made everyone exclaim in surprise. Some people even covered their eyes, unable to bear to watch this scene for fear of an explosion.
The front belly of the plane scraped along the runway, and the speed dropped rapidly. Qiao Yan gritted his teeth and held the rudder steadily. His heart jumped to his throat, and beads of sweat flowed down his forehead. The plane was shaking violently, and the huge inertia made it almost impossible to find a comfortable posture. Ye Mi lowered her head and lay stiffly on the seat in front. "Qiao Yan, come on, you can do it, you can do it." With the huge roar of the engine and the sound of friction, she almost shouted.
The plane slowed down and came to a stop. Qiao Yan took a deep breath and picked up the phone to call the flight attendant. "The emergency landing is complete. Organize evacuation immediately."
Ye Mi burst into tears at that moment. She didn't raise her head, her whole body was so weak that she had no strength left. Then she heard the cabin in chaos, all eight emergency exits of the plane opened, and people rushed out frantically. Ye Mi stood up suddenly, and ran directly to the cockpit without hesitation. When she opened the door, she saw Qiao Yan sitting alone in the seat, holding the headphones weakly in his hand, and standing there motionless.
Ye Mi slowly approached and saw him sitting there blankly, his face pale and his eyes dull and lifeless. She felt distressed and burst into tears. She hugged his head and said, "Yan, it's okay. You succeeded."
Qiao Yan buried his head in her chest, his breathing slowly calming down. He put down the headphones in his hand and hugged her waist tighter and tighter, fearing that he would lose her if he wasn't careful.
"Ye Mi, I know I can't let you down. I know you are the closest to me."
At this moment, no language is needed.
The tower erupted in warm applause. He Qingwen leaned on the windowsill with both hands and breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that his legs were no longer under his control. He began to think that he should consider his mother's opinion. It seemed that this was also a good opportunity.
Lin Pei breathed a sigh of relief. Qiao Yan's ability made him feel a little incredible. You have to know that they learned together and their flying time was only a few thousand hours. Looking at the plane parked steadily in the middle of the runway, he felt that he could not catch up with such skills. He turned around sadly and saw He Xiaoning coming out of the elevator, her eyes were as red as peaches from crying.
Lin Pei's anger started to rise.