My Wife is Actually a top-tier Soldier King?!-Chapter 1166 - 1075: The Only Way to Live! Crisis in the Air!_2
Over 5,000 kilometers!
If it doesn’t encounter extreme weather and doesn’t need to deviate, and if it can land successfully at Yongshu Airport in one attempt without needing to go around again, the remaining fuel of the current large cargo plane should be sufficient.
But the problem is...
On this long flight distance, it’s hard to say there won’t be bad weather.
Those who have traveled to Nanhui Continent know that November and December are the rainy season, with frequent thunderstorms.
For the safety of the flight, it’s generally best to avoid flying through thunderstorms—it’s too dangerous—one tries to deviate as much as possible.
But any deviation means an increase in the flight distance.
Additionally.
Whether it’s international practice or civil aviation flight regulations of various countries, airplanes must carry extra fuel for contingencies.
Domestic regulations state that the minimum fuel weight for an airplane must be enough for 30 minutes of continued flight.
In case the airplane fails to land at the destination airport, it should still be able to ascend and attempt to land again.
If there is air traffic congestion, it can circle in a holding pattern, and if there’s a sudden weather change, it can divert to another airport for an emergency landing.
It’s just that...
The current large cargo plane, even if it encounters no extreme weather and doesn’t deviate, upon reaching Yongshu Airport, the remaining fuel will at most be enough for a few hundred kilometers of flight and definitely not enough to reach another airport.
But in reality, it’s more likely that it will have to deviate around thunderstorms on the way, and by the time it reaches Yongshu Airport, the aviation fuel will be almost exhausted.
At that time, the large cargo plane must land successfully at Yongshu Airport in one go, without the opportunity to pull up for a go-around.
However...
As long as it can land it’s still not too bad, at worst running off the runway, it would only fall into the nearby sea close to the airport.
The water isn’t deep, and the sealed cargo aircraft cabin has good buoyancy.
That movie "Captain Sully," based on a true event, has proven that an emergency water landing is feasible, and the plane won’t sink immediately, allowing enough time for everyone to evacuate safely.
The fear is encountering extreme weather en route, as well as various human interferences.
For example, the Star Federation suddenly conducts some joint naval and air force exercise somewhere in Nanhui Continent.
A no-fly zone is designated, forcing the large airplane to deviate again.
In that case, it’s feared that the large cargo plane might run out of fuel before even reaching Yongshu Airport.
In short, in one sentence.
There’s not enough fuel to afford detours.
Knock knock~
At this moment, Qian Le knocked on the door and entered the cockpit.
"Mr. Wu, a secure call from Mr. Du, on line two!"
"Just follow the flight path you’ve outlined for now!"
Wu Jie handed over the tablet to Tang Xiao, took the encrypted satellite terminal from Qian Le’s hands, and connected to line two.
"Bro, you’re really going strong this time, taking a hard stand against the Star Federation!"
Wu Jie chuckled, turned, and came out of the cockpit to sit down by the cabin door in the passenger seat.
"Do you call this strong? Then teach me, if I don’t take a hard stand, what other options do I have?"
Du sighed and said, "Yeah! If you listen to Shayol, once your plane lands, it will definitely be hijacked and detained, and not only can you forget about keeping the gold and the nuclear warheads safe, but even your life would be at risk!"
"So, are you calling me to say farewell?" Wu Jie asked coldly with a chuckle.
Du complained, "Aiyo, brother, how can you say such discouraging words? Your plane hasn’t run out of fuel yet, even if it really did, gliding down to make an emergency landing on the sea, it won’t sink immediately, right!"
Wu Jie cursed with a laugh, "Alright, alright, just say what you have to say, let out whatever you have to let out!"
Mr. Du immediately spoke with grave seriousness:
"Here’s the thing, given the current severe situation, I’ve had several flight plans prepared, but personally, I feel it’s safer not to pin our hopes on being able to fly over the airspace of other countries. You should detour around Nanhui Continent towards Nanzhou Continent and descend to Yongshu Airport!"
"I’m well aware of that. What else?" Wu Jie urged.
Sighing, Mr. Du said: "I’ve got one piece of good news and one bad. The good news is that the weather at Yongshu Airport is very favorable for your aircraft to land!"
"The bad news is that there’s a thunderstorm over Nanhui Continent, and the detour will consume more fuel. I estimate that the plane will completely run out of fuel before reaching Yongshu Airport!"
"But you should be able to make it into Nanzhou Continent with no issues, so Elder Tan has already ordered a Missile Destroyer on combat patrol to head south as fast as possible..."
Wu Jie understood immediately.
In Elder Tan’s eyes, Wu Jie was obviously more important than any nuclear warheads or gold.
Once the large cargo plane ran out of fuel, it would glide and make an emergency sea landing, which wouldn’t sink immediately, giving enough time for the Missile Destroyer to arrive for the rescue.
After all, even if the Missile Destroyer dashed towards the straits of Yunhai Continent, it could only cover two hundred kilometers in a wild run of four hours, but then there is the shipborne helicopter, isn’t there?
In any case, as long as the large cargo plane could last till Nanzhou Continent, Wu Jie and the others wouldn’t be in mortal danger.
That wasn’t all.
As Liuli Continent is currently functioning as the world’s factory, international trade is extremely prosperous.
At any given time, there are a large number of large oil tankers and cargo ships sailing along the major sea routes of the world.
Therefore, Mr. Du had also provided an alternative plan.
If the large cargo plane couldn’t make it to Nanzhou Continent and hadn’t yet entered the rescue range of the Missile Destroyer, and the fuel was already exhausted,
Then they would choose to approach a domestic oil or cargo ship and make a sea landing near it, making it convenient for them to perform nearby rescues.
For this purpose, Zheng had already instructed the intelligence officer from the War Statistics Institute on board to liaise with the maritime department in advance.
In case the large cargo plane couldn’t hold on and had to make an emergency sea landing earlier, they would know where to land for a quicker rescue.
Furthermore.
Mr. Du also relayed an important piece of news.
In order to prevent misunderstanding between great nations that could lead to world war and to privately communicate on some major international affairs, high-level hotline telephones have been established. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
The Star Federation deployed fighter jets, menacing and threatening the CH218 flight of Tanglong Airlines of Liuli Continent.
This incident was of a very bad nature, seriously threatening the safety of the flight and damaging the relations between the two countries...
Anyway, for the sake of Wu Jie, Elder Tan had fired a salvo at the Star Federation.
If they dare to shoot down this plane with Wu Jie and others on board, then they should be ready for war!
Therefore...
The Star Federation definitely wouldn’t take the risk of starting a war by arranging military ships or fighter jets to shoot down the plane, but they surely had plenty of underhanded tricks up their sleeve.
What Wu Jie and the others needed to do now was to fly towards Nanzhou Continent as much as possible, the closer the better.
It would be best to get within the rescue range of the Missile Destroyer. In that case, they would basically be safe.
But since they’ve already crossed swords, how could it be so easy to end this standoff?
This large cargo plane was manufactured by the Star Federation, and it makes use of their satellite navigation, the GPS global positioning system.
So...
Wouldn’t they know that Wu Jie’s plane can still fly towards Nanzhou Continent?
Moreover, if they want to avoid flying into any country’s airspace, there is only one route into Nanzhou Continent – and it wouldn’t take a genius to figure that out.
Thus, they still had enough time and opportunities to play their conspiracies and tricks.
As expected.
It wasn’t long before the airplane developed a rather odd malfunction...
