Within a day, major mainstream media around the world reported the news of the Emirates 411 crash.
Twenty-three years ago, in 1998, the Boeing 777 was just three years old. Before the appearance of Maifei F485, it was the world's largest twin-engine wide-body airliner, and it was also known as the most perfect long-distance aircraft. Even the A340, which was specially designed by Airbus to compete with Boeing, cannot shake its dominance in the civil aviation industry.
The Emirates 411 crash was the first crash involving a Boeing 777.
Because the cause of the Emirates 411 crash was very strange, it took more than a year for the investigation team to give an answer. At that time, the safety of the Boeing 777 was questioned globally, and everyone wondered whether the perfect Boeing 777 was safe. What undiscovered design loopholes have also had a great impact on Boeing.
But now, the Emirates 411 crash has been written in textbooks, and as a case, it is gradually disappearing from people's memory. It suddenly reappeared.
Several well-known media in the United Arab Emirates rushed to the GCAA investigation headquarters on the same day. In addition, the United States, the United Kingdom... Many media professionals also sent their own reporters from the Dubai branch.
The Americans want to know what kind of relationship this accident has with Boeing; the British want to know whether the $350,000 paid by Rolls-Royce 23 years ago is an unjust case.
Within two hours, the gate of the GCAA headquarters was surrounded by reporters.
The matter has come to this point, and it is useless for Meha and Lovins to blame and doubt each other.
Lovins smoked a cigarette with a dejected expression: "Now, how to solve this matter. I think everyone knows that there has indeed been a turnaround in the Emirates 411 crash, but in fact, until now, no one has been able to say for sure. To put it bluntly, the results of the investigation back then must have been wrong. New evidence emerged for a crime, but this does not mean that the murderer has become another person."
Maiha looked at him and sneered, "Yes, but so what."
Lovins crushed the cigarette butts in the trash can: "Then you have to tell everyone, tell the world, what the media is reporting is wrong!"
Meh asked: "Mr. Lovins, I want to know, don't your news media have the right to speak freely in the United States? What do they report? Do you think it is up to me to decide? By GCAA? I told them it was wrong, they Will you change it? No! You are wrong! Most reporters will not listen to what you have to say, they will only report what they want to report!"
Lovins paced back and forth, looking extremely agitated. During this period, his mobile phone kept ringing, and people kept calling him, but after seeing the name on the screen, he hung up directly, not daring to answer it. In the end, he cursed "Shit" and turned off his phone.
Lovins stopped and pointed at Maiha: "Have a press conference. At least tell them about the current investigation!"
Meha: "You don't need to say it, our GCAA will definitely do it. And Mr. Lovins, I can tell you that I am just an ordinary senior investigator, and now this matter is out of my control. There will be more Senior people take over the media work of Emirates Airline 411, if you want to do something, or do something for your boss, you don't want to show your power to me here, your title in NTSB is with me, one point Not worth the money!"
After a while, Lovins rushed into UAAG's special office in the investigation headquarters, and he quickly walked up to Zhuo Huan: "Patrick..."
Zhuo Huan was chewing gum, when he heard the sound, he raised his eyes, then frowned, and clicked his tongue.
Zhuohuan turned to look at Lina: "I thought smoking was not allowed in the investigation headquarters."
Lina smiled slightly: "You can go with the word 'I thought', it is true."
Zhuo Huan pointed to the anxious brown-haired man in front of him: "He smokes."
Lina: "Thank you for your report, kid Reid, I will notify his parents right away."
Lovins interrupted them: "I'm not in the mood for a joke!"
Zhuo Huan sneered: "I don't fucking smoke, you smoke?"
The implication: Is it your turn
Lovins: "…"
Zhuo Huan took a piece of paper from Lina's desk, spit out the chewing gum in his mouth, wrapped it in paper, and threw it into the trash can. He took out the silver cigarette case from his pocket and took out a cigarette. With a click, light the lighter.
"Teacher Zhuo."
An elegant male voice sounded from beside him.
Zhuohuan raised his eyebrows: "Huh?"
The next moment, a piece of chewing gum was thrown into his mouth.
Fu Cheng walked past Zhuo Huan holding a stack of documents, he looked back at the man, and said expressionlessly: "Smoking is not allowed in the investigation headquarters."
Zhuo Huan was stunned for a long time, then chewed gum, pointed at Lovins with his chin: "He smoked."
Fu Cheng: "Oh, so you don't learn from the good ones and learn from the bad ones?"
Zhuo Huan smiled: "Then who should I learn from?"
Fu Cheng: "Learn from me."
"Um?"
"No smoking."
"laugh."
Lovins finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Okay, I beg you, stop flirting in front of me!" He was talking about Zhuo Huan and Lina, but Fu Cheng was stunned suddenly, Hearing this, Zhuo Huan cast a meaningful glance at him, Fu Cheng turned and left calmly.
Lovins looked at Zhuo Huan earnestly and sincerely: "Patrick, I want you to tell me something. Although there are new witnesses and new clues now, you can tell me that it must mean that in those days Is the accident investigation of the Emirates 411 crash wrong?"
Zhuo Huan looked at Lovins and said flatly: "I can't."
Lovins: "Thank you, I also know that this must not be possible. But I said, many people will not believe it, but as long as it is what you say, people all over the world will believe it. Wait until the press conference, I beg You have to tell the truth. It's the truth, not a lie."
Zhuo Huan stared at him intently, for a long time, he mocked: "You have been in NTSB for so long, what is the relationship between me and your boss, even old Joseph knows, don't you know?"
Lowenston was at a loss for words.
Zhuo Huan: "I won't attend the press conference. We know the reason why you are here. The Emirates 411 crash didn't make NTSB's most popular and youngest director come across half the world in person. Dubai. Lovins, if you want to be promoted, it has nothing to do with me, but Levi Andrew has nothing to do with me."
After saying this, Zhuo Huan walked away.
All the purposes were clarified, and Lovins was ashamed. His cheeks were flushed and he couldn't speak a word. But when Zhuo Huan was about to leave the office, he still turned around and called him: "Reid, we have been friends for so many years, please do me this favor. This is just a fact, this is not a lie. For personal grudges, don't you Do you want the public to speculate and slander at will and pour dirty water on innocent people before the truth emerges?"
The footsteps stopped suddenly, Zhuo Huan turned around.
In the spacious and bright office, at this moment, Fu Cheng, Lina, Old Joseph and Su Fei, all sat behind the desk, watching him quietly.
And in front of them was Lovins standing there, helpless.
In a trance, Lovins' restless figure under the light seemed to have turned into another person.
The same begging and torture, 298 human lives whispered in his ear every day and night, every minute and every second. Crying, shouting, cries of pain, every night, when he closes his eyes, everything is like a flood, overwhelming him, crushing him. He was submerged in the deepest part of the sea, without air, without sound.
At that time, there was no one around him.
Only the endless darkness of the deep sea, devouring time.
His eyes moved slowly over Lina, old Joseph and Su Fei, and finally stopped for a few seconds on that handsome young man.
They didn't speak, but they said loudly in their eyes, no matter what, they would support their decision.
Zhuo Huan raised his head and looked at Lovins indifferently: "This matter is not as serious as you think, and Levi Andrew will not be crushed because of such a small matter."
The expression on Lovins' face collapsed.
Zhuo Huan turned and left. Before he left, he seemed to suddenly remember, and turned his head again: "By the way, pour dirty water on innocent people? Heh, Levi Andrew has words written all over his body, but there is not a single word, yes innocent."
***
Everyone in this world has their own difficulties.
After what happened in the morning, everyone in the investigation headquarters knew clearly that Lovins was a subordinate of the legendary NTSB deputy director, Levi Andrew.
This is not a disgraceful thing, on the contrary, it is very normal. Everyone has their own faction and has their own fixed tendencies.
Old Joseph said: "Actually, I just remembered that when Lovins joined the NTSB, he joined the investigation team of Deputy Director Andrew and worked under Andrew. But soon Andrew was promoted to director, and then promoted to director. So it’s not surprising that Lovins belongs to Andrew. Although the NTSB is not as severe as the FBI, it’s normal to have several factions.”
Su Fei: "What about you, old Joseph, what faction do you belong to, and this Andrew?"
Old Joseph laughed: "Of course I don't belong to any faction. I got in halfway, okay? I'm just an ordinary investigator! Hey, I suddenly understand why I haven't been promoted to a senior investigator for so many years. So it's because there is no one above me?" After finishing speaking, Old Joseph looked at Fucheng and Lina: "Reid is angry again, and ran out to smoke?"
Fu Cheng: "Teacher Zhuo should have gone to the laboratory."
Lina smiled and said, "V, I don't know when it started, you seem to know Reid's schedule better than me."
Fucheng was stunned.
Lina seemed to just say it casually, and she quickly changed the subject. She shook the mobile phone in her hand, and said to everyone: "I always told you that Reid has a good temper, and he is not that unapproachable."
Su Fei: "However, whenever RIP says something to offend someone, Lina, you are the first one to tell that person that RIP has a bad temper, so don't be angry."
Lina blinked: "Did I say something like that?"
Su Fei: "Yes!"
Lina smiled softly: "Reid sent me a message just now, asking me to attend the press conference in the name of UAAG and report the progress of the current investigation. But I think, just talking about it at the press conference seems to be ineffective. , The current press conference is not as good as it used to be, who will go to the press conference.”
Fu Cheng heard her subtext: "It seems that you already have a new idea?"
Lina: "V, you really know me."
Fucheng laughed: "I just know one thing... no matter what happens, trust Lina."
Lina was stunned suddenly, as if she didn't expect Fucheng to say this. The bright eyes of the blonde girl stared at Fu Cheng. After a while, she looked away and said with emotion: "What a pity, I cherish friendship more than love."
Everyone: "...???"
Lina shook her phone: "Actually, since last month, I have registered an account on Twitter in the name of UAAG. Do you have Twitter? Come and connect with each other. Even the president likes Twitter to govern the country, I think Maybe it's time for us UAAG to have a Twitter."
***
On the second day after the Emirates 411 air crash incident fermented, GCAA held a press conference in Dubai and invited UAAG and NTSB to participate.
At the same time, Lina also released UAAG's reference opinion on the air crash on UAAG's official Twitter.
Unfortunately, UAAG has too few fans. There is no Twitter in Fucheng, and Su Fei and Old Joseph were immediately dismissed by Lina and followed UAAG. Even so, UAAG has only three fans.
One is Su Fei, one is old Joseph, and there is an unknown trumpet.
Fucheng newly downloaded the Twitter app and registered an account. He followed the account of "UAAG investigation team" and became the fourth fan. Clicking on the fan list, looking at the "Polaris_" inside, he turned to Lina and asked, "Who is this Polaris?"
Lina looked up: "Reid."
Fucheng was taken aback.
He clicked on the "Polaris_" account, and there was almost no news in it, only a photo was posted two years ago. It is a dark and endless night sky without a single star, and the accompanying text is just three letters: sky.
Fucheng looked at it for a while, then pressed Follow.
Lina sighed: "So the official Twitter of our UAAG investigation team, in the end, only had four fans?"
Su Fei was surprised: "How come there are only four, don't we have five?"
Old Joseph said quietly: "So you think, there are five fans, and all five of them are UAAG members... that's quite an honor?"
Su Fei: "..."
He didn't say that again!
Lina rubbed the center of her brows, and said helplessly, "I didn't want to do this at first, but it seems that I still have to pay attention."
Everyone turned around and looked at her.
At this time, Zhuo Huan also returned to the office, and he walked to his seat and sat down.
Old Joseph was the first to react, his eyes widened, and then he said with a smile: "I remember, Lina, you seem to have more than 40 million Twitter followers?"
Su Fei was shocked: "Fuck, more than 40 million?!"
Fucheng was also very surprised, but he didn't quite understand the concept of more than 40 million Twitter followers: "Does more than 40 million mean a lot?"
Old Joseph kindly explained to him: "Probably, it is equivalent to the kind that once Lina pays attention to UAAG, the whole world will know that Miss Mai Fei, the top socialite Stephanie Comte, left the United Nations and joined UAAG."
Lina smiled slightly, logged on to her Twitter, and followed the UAAG investigation team.
Five minutes later, the number of fans of the UAAG investigation team soared to 100,000. This number is still going up like crazy.
Just like what Lina said, even though she has participated in many press conferences as a representative of UAAG, how many people will go to press conferences in this era? It wasn't until she used her account and followed UAAG that the whole world knew that she had left the United Nations and joined this "unattractive" air accident investigation organization.
Seeing UAAG's soaring number of fans, Su Fei was dumbfounded: "This is too scary, it's going to be on the top of the list. Oh right, RIP doesn't seem to have any fans."
Hearing this, Fu Cheng raised his head and looked at the man sitting under the window.
Su Fei asked loudly: "RIP, don't you use Twitter, you have so few followers."
It stands to reason that the number of fans of Mai Fei's chief designer should never be so small.
Zhuo Huan didn't raise his head, he let out a careless sigh.
"Why Twitter? I have nothing to say to the world."
***
After the GCAA press conference, media reporters still blocked the investigation headquarters, but the upsurge of global discussions on this matter has gradually passed.
After all, this was an air crash twenty-three years ago, and no amount of curiosity and enthusiasm will fade with time.
Otherwise, an air crash investigation is a tedious and lengthy affair.
Old Joseph once said: "All air disasters in the world can only be divided into two types. One can be solved in a week, and the other takes more than three months."
The cause of an air crash is either so simple that it can be seen at a glance, such as the error of the air traffic controller or the plane being struck by lightning or birds; Years and four years are not uncommon. After that, most of them will never be found again.
The result of the Emirates 411 crash cannot come out in a short time.
The day after the press conference, Meh brought Yamila Betty back to investigative headquarters.
When the reporters outside the investigative headquarters saw her, they rushed to her. It took a lot of work for Meha and the other investigators to get her to investigative headquarters.
Lovins and Joseph Sr. received her at investigative headquarters.
Lovins looked at the skinny and sallow middle-aged woman in front of him. He was silent for a long time, and said: "Originally, according to the regulations, you should be extradited to Yemen at the end of this month. But now things are beyond everyone's expectations. You have been extradited to Yemen." The whole world is watching. Therefore, before the outcome of the incident comes out, we have already discussed with the UAE Immigration Administration, please temporarily live in Dubai, we will arrange a safe house for you, provide three meals, and treat you as a confidential witness to protect stand up."
Betty raised her eyes to Lovins, then to old Joseph. After a long time, she nodded, "Yes."
Old Joseph looked at her and smiled: "Yemen is still fighting now, so staying in Dubai may not be a bad thing. But this is only the first reason why we invited you here today. The second reason is that we want to ask you again You confirm, before you saw the debris flying out of the wing, did you notice any other abnormal phenomena. Please recall carefully."
In UAAG's office, Lina is making coffee and afternoon tea for everyone. She brought cups of coffee to everyone's table and received a thank you.
Su Fei lay on the table and kept swiping his phone.
During the rest time when the experiment was suspended and the truth could not be found, his biggest hobby was to check UAAG's official Twitter to see how many fans he gained every second.
Su Fei threw the phone on the table: "I still can't figure it out! NTSB is definitely not the person who leaked the secret, and neither is GCAA. After this incident was exposed, both GCAA and the UAE Immigration Administration were criticized, and they were scolded miserably .Then who else could it be except them? Why did Ah Hang leak this to the media?"
Fu Cheng: "Why must it be Ah Hang?"
Su Fei: "Huh?"
Fu Cheng took a sip of coffee: "Holmes once said that when you eliminate all impossible situations, the rest, no matter how unbelievable, are facts."
Zhuo Huan raised his eyes and glanced at him, raised his eyebrows: "The Four Signatures."
Fu Cheng raised his head and looked at him: "Well, the first chapter of "The Four Signatures"." He continued to look at Su Fei: "In addition to NTSB, GCAA and Ah Hang, there is actually another person who can also leak things to the media. "
Su Fei said in shock: "No, no one in UAAG leaked the secret!"
Fucheng: "..."
Lina: "..."
Zhuohuan walked up to Fucheng, skillfully opened his drawer, took out a piece of chewing gum, and said to Lina, "Have you seen his diploma, are you sure he graduated from Harvard?"
Lina smiled and said, "Su Fei is still very good professionally."
Su Fei: "Hey, hey, I'm still here, and you all say bad things about me? Then tell me, it's not us, it's not NTSB, it's not GCAA, it's not Ah Hang, who else could it be?"
Fucheng supported his forehead: "There is another person... that is Yamila Betty herself. She can leak the secret to the media."
Su Fei froze suddenly, but soon, he shook his head vigorously: "But is it good for her? Do you know that now she is scolded miserably, and everyone says she is too selfish She has kept it a secret for so many years because of one person's interests. If it wasn't for the sudden extradition, she would have kept it a secret for the rest of her life. The air crash was not an ordinary car accident. Maybe the evidence she concealed, and the truth that was finally investigated, was The culprit behind many air crashes over the years!"
At the same time, in the conference room, the new round of interviews with Betty by Old Joseph and Lovins also came to an end.
Before getting up to leave, Old Joseph remembered one more thing, and he sat back: "By the way, there is something I want to ask. Now that the matter has been exposed, do you know what kind of evaluation you have in the eyes of the media and the public?" .”
The skinny middle-aged woman shook her head and silently lowered her head.
Old Joseph: "You were scolded miserably. Air accident investigation is a professional field that does not allow mistakes. Since 1998, there have been no less than 20 air accidents caused by Boeing 777. There were no victims, but some people were injured. There are even countless serious injuries that cannot be recovered. Among them, the cause of the accident was finally found out, accounting for only 80%. Perhaps 23 years ago, you told what you saw at the time, and the investigation team Will inspect the entire broken plane, find out the truth, so that this cause of the accident will never happen again." After a pause, he continued: "Instead of today, we only have a little bit of debris left, and the plane has disappeared .”
"What I want to ask is, do you know that when you tell the media about this matter, what you get besides being able to stay in Dubai for a few months, or even a year or two, is that you will be abused by the whole world for the rest of your life. , Are you cast aside by everyone?"
Amira Betty kept her head down and said nothing.
Old Joseph looked at the messy hair on her head, and sighed: "I sometimes hope that the truth of the accident has not changed because of your words, it is still the same as it was investigated 23 years ago. If you said it earlier, Then, the sacrifice of those 38 people back then may be more meaningful. After that, many victims of Boeing 777 air crashes that have not yet been investigated clearly did not die innocently because of this reason."
"In the past twenty-three years, have you regretted it, and have you thought about telling the truth? Maybe you can save one life and save many lives just by telling it."
Still a long silence.
Just when Old Joseph thought that this woman would not answer and would always respond in silence, a hoarse female voice sounded: "Think about it, don't regret it."
I have thought about it, but I never regret it.
Old Joseph froze for a moment.
Lovins also stared blankly at the short and thin woman in front of him.
She lowered her head tightly, skinny as a stick, as if she could run when the wind blows. But with such a small body, he said quietly, "I haven't even lived myself, so how can I care about other people's lives?"