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Chapter 634 - 634 634 Death Flight

634: Chapter 634 Death Flight?

Terror in the Skies!

634: Chapter 634 Death Flight?

Terror in the Skies!

Above the sea of clouds.

The plane was speeding southeast.

Wu Jie and Tang Xiao both remembered that the Super Cruise Ship Brune was heading southwest.

Due to its large tonnage and inability to pass through the Suez Canal, it had to navigate around the Bihu Continent.

After taking off, this plane should have flown northwest towards the Bihu Continent,

landing at the international airport of Elizabeth Port after an hour, bidding farewell to Wu Jie and his wife and welcoming a new batch of VIPs.

However…

After taking off from the sea, this amphibious aircraft had been flying southeast.

To the southeast of Bihu Continent lay the vast oceanic expanse and sparsely populated islands of the Western Indian Ocean, rarely touched by humans!

Moreover, the plane’s range was not long enough to fly all the way to Antarctica.

Along the way, it was feared to crash into the sea due to fuel exhaustion!

The conditions in the Western Indian Ocean were harsh and the water extremely deep.

It’s an area seldom crossed by planes and ships, making it the preferred aerospace graveyard of the world’s major aerospace powers.

For instance, satellites that had reached the end of their lifespan, uncontrollable spacecraft, failed rocket launches, decommissioned space stations…

These man-made space travelers, hurtling through outer space, would pose too great a risk if they crashed into densely populated lands.

Especially the satellites weighing several tons, which would mostly burn up when they entered the atmosphere at high speeds.

But still, many parts would ferociously fall to Earth at speeds of several kilometers per second.

Just imagine, a metal weighing one or two hundred kilograms hitting the ground at a speed faster than a bullet.

What kind of impact and explosive force would that bring?

It would be comparable to a small nuclear bomb explosion.

Of course, falling into the vast, sparsely populated Western Indian Ocean would not cause any destruction.

And because the water is so deep and the conditions so harsh, satellite debris would shatter upon high-speed impact with the ocean surface.

Thus, there’s no worry about technology leaks, as recovery by others is not a concern.

So then.

Was this plane carrying Wu Jie and Tang Xiao, along with several crew members, on a deliberate crash mission?

If it truly crashed into the Western Indian Ocean, it would be shouting to a sky that does not respond and to a ground that does not heed.

By then, even if the plane hadn’t crashed and everyone didn’t die upon impact with the sea, what good would it do?

Far from the mainland, without any rescue.

It wouldn’t be long before they died of hunger, thirst, or drowning in the high seas.

Moreover, even if by this moment, the air traffic control radar of the Super Cruise Ship Brune had spotted the anomaly,

What good would it do?

The only aircraft on the cruise ship were helicopters, with a top speed of two to three hundred kilometers per hour and a maximum range of about six hundred kilometers.

In contrast.

This amphibious aircraft could fly at six to seven hundred kilometers per hour with a range of two to three thousand kilometers.

The helicopters couldn’t possibly catch up; asking the cruise to adjust its route and pursue?

That was even more impossible.

The cruise ship’s cruising speed was only thirty to forty kilometers per hour, similar to the speed of an electric car.

What’s more, the Earth is round.

The cruise ship’s air traffic control radar would be affected by Earth’s curvature, limiting its aerial search and surveillance range.

Once the plane left radar monitoring range, it would be even harder to determine its direction.

As for the area of the crash, it would be even more challenging to locate.

In reality, wasn’t the MA-Flight 370 that plunged into the ocean never to be found?

The vast ocean, with surging waves.

The plane and humans that crashed into the sea were simply too insignificant.

Swallowed by the waves, sunk to the ocean floor, scattered adrift…

Nature’s power is tremendously strong, and humanity still seems vulnerable in its presence.

Therefore, once this severely off-course aircraft was not meant to take Wu Jie and Tang Xiao on a leisurely trip to Antarctica.

This was a bona fide flight of death!

…

Wu Jie and Tang Xiao exchanged glances, realizing the gravity of the situation.

All of a sudden, they turned around.

They saw, not far away, the cabin crew who were supposed to be seated and buckled up for takeoff, also seemed to have noticed something was off.

Several of them were whispering to each other, constantly looking outside through the portholes.

Finally.

Someone realized something was wrong.

The flight deck and the cabin were separated by a door.

A flight attendant quickly went to knock, but the door did not open.

The stewardess called on the internal phone, but the pilots didn’t answer.

This truly caused a panic.

The stewardess immediately used the satellite phone to contact the Brune Cruise, reporting the emergency.

Meanwhile, the anomalies were already detected on the cruise ship, with the air traffic control radar noticing that the aircraft had gone significantly off course after takeoff.

They kept issuing warnings and commands, but the pilots ignored them, as if they hadn’t heard anything.

Clearly!

The two pilots were either stricken by a sudden illness or they had rebelled with other plans in mind!

What to do?

The cabin crew obviously did not want to die!

Isn’t working all about making money?

Without the high pay, who would be willing to work such a hard job as a flight attendant?

A strong will to survive prompted three robust flight attendants to take forceful action.

They grabbed fire extinguishers and emergency toolboxes.

Using hammers to smash, wrenches as leveraged prying tools, they planned to forcibly break open the door.

Meanwhile, the stewardesses quickly brought life jackets and sea emergency survival packs to Wu Jie and Tang Xiao,

guiding them in putting them on while explaining the situation.

“We’re so sorry, our plane has severely deviated from the flight path!”

“The pilots aren’t following air traffic control; we’re heading towards Antarctica!”

“We might encounter collisions, crashes, and more during the flight!”

“After crashing into the sea, just give the neck collar pull cord a tug and the life jacket will automatically inflate and help us float!”

“The emergency survival pack contains signal flares, shark repellent, drinking water, compressed biscuits, etc…”

As they spoke,

Bang, bang, bang!

The three strong flight attendants forcibly broke open the door to the flight deck.

A pilot was already dead in his seat.

Blood had flowed everywhere and had dried up.

It seems that he had been killed by the other pilot before takeoff.

The other pilot had thick eyebrows, dark eyes, and deep yellow skin.

Seeing the young flight attendants burst through the door, he immediately started cursing in a frenzy and pushed the control column with force.

Whirring!!

The airplane, flying high in the clouds, suddenly plummeted down like a kite with its string cut.

The three flight attendants who had rushed into the cockpit were tossed around savagely.

They lost their balance and fell forward.

If it weren’t for the quick reactions and well-trained flight attendants in the cabin who managed to grab the seats,

they would have undoubtfully been thrown down and struck the cabin walls with great force.

The plane dived quickly, gaining speed.

Suddenly,

The excessive speed and steep dive angle

triggered an automatic alarm from the airplane’s safety system.

Amid the beeping alarm, the system forcefully switched off manual operation mode to activate the autopilot.

The airplane quickly ended its dive and straightened out.

The three flight attendants struggled to their feet and furiously pummeled the pilot who had attempted to crash the plane.

Despite being beaten viciously, the pilot still tried to cause sabotage.

Suddenly, he pulled the control column with all his might.

The airplane began to climb sharply, surging towards the sky.

For everyone on board, it was like riding a roller coaster,

plunging down one moment and then rearing back the next.

The safety system intervened once again, forcing the aircraft to level out.

At that moment,

the three flight attendants, working together, finally knocked the rogue pilot unconscious.

Having received basic flight training, they quickly activated the automatic pilot system.

All they needed to do was to set the destination, the maximum altitude, and speed.

The automatic pilot system could then fly the airplane back to Elizabeth Port on its own.

After all, this amphibious aircraft, used to transport VIPs, was equipped with state-of-the-art facilities.

If it wasn’t for the frequent transitions between ocean and land airports, where the plane could encounter disordered airflows and weather changes,

the plane wouldn’t even need to be staffed by pilots.

In fact,

nowadays, pilots of many commercial airliners only take control during takeoff and landing.

Generally, they fly on autopilot during the rest of the journey.

It’s only in cases of sudden occurrences like air turbulence or wind shear that manual control is temporarily necessary.

And this is why passenger planes can’t operate like drones, on full autopilot without any human pilots.

What if the autopilot system fails, or the remote communication is not timely?

Then wouldn’t the plane just fly aimlessly in the sky?

Thus,

even the most intelligent planes are always primarily under the control of the pilots, supported by smart systems.

Just like this time,

the safety system would not have intervened if the pilot hadn’t taken such drastic diving measures.

And with the plane severely off course, the aviation controllers on the cruise ship were helpless,

because the pilot had shut down all radio and satellite communications beforehand, leaving no chance for remote forceful intervention.

Now,

after the three flight attendants knocked the pilot unconscious, they restored the communication systems and initiated the autopilot.

Finally, the airplane could automatically return to Elizabeth Port.

Even if there were any emergencies, flight experts on the cruise could intervene in control.

Furthermore, among the only two passengers, Tang Xiao had a pilot’s license, which was clearly recorded in the VIP information.

After the aircraft stabilized,

the three flight attendants carried out the two pilots, one dead and one unconscious, in turns.

Why had the unconscious pilot deliberately committed murder and steered the plane off course?

Probably because he couldn’t overpower Wu Jie and Tang Xiao and had no opportunity to poison or assassinate them.

So, he simply flew the plane over the uninhabited Western Indian Ocean.

Eventually, no matter how advanced or intelligent the plane was, without fuel, it was bound to crash!

Even if the location of the crash was known, it would take the cruise a long time to dispatch rescue forces.

By the time help arrived, Wu Jie and the others would be long gone.

This was indeed a crudely simple, suicidal ‘assassination’ method!

Shortly after,

Tang Xiao went to the cockpit to temporarily act as the pilot.

Although she had never flown an amphibious aircraft, the principles of flying and basic operations were largely the same.

Besides, the autopilot system was working smoothly, and Tang Xiao would only need to step in if a malfunction occurred.

Then there would be flight experts remotely guiding the landing, so there was no problem at all.

As for Wu Jie…

The cruise’s air traffic controller informed him via radio of the pilot’s profile.

He had been employed for three years, with thousands of safe flying hours and no record of any accidents.

And the pilot’s income was quite substantial; he also had a happy and harmonious family.

Logically, he should have been a highly competent and skilled veteran pilot.

There were no indications that he worked for the major trader Kun Qianxi or the Muto Conglomerate, seeking revenge on their behalf.

Moreover, pilots were required to undergo alcohol and sleep tests before each flight, and he did not seem to be drugged or crazed.

Nor did the flight and cabin crew know in advance which passengers they would be transporting.

Each trip was a round trip, and after the plane landed on the water to dock with the cruise, the pilots never left the cockpit.

In other words,

Wabiside probably didn’t even know until now how many VIPs were seated in the cabin and what their identities were.

So why did he try to target Wu Jie and Tang Xiao today?

Could it be that his motive was not murder, but something else entirely?

With these questions in mind, Wu Jie immediately examined Wabiside.

He was merely knocked out with a bruised and swollen face.

His pulse and breathing were stable, his eye movements and complexion normal, not indicating any drug use.

Asking a flight attendant to bring a toothpick, Wu Jie begrudgingly used it as a makeshift acupuncture needle.

Just like stimulating acupuncture points, he poked Wabiside awake…