Chapter 67 Crash Landing

Above the deep blue sea, a flame dragged a long black smoke across the sky, and in the RC-135W cockpit, the crew had already become a mess.

"Shit! These Chinese! What are they going to do?"

"Does he want to die? At such a fast speed, even if we are just a little bit close, we will be completely dead!"

"Don't worry, the plane they hit won't have poor low-speed performance. They just have to maintain high speed."

"What happened to them?"

"It looks like the engine has stopped and the vertical tail is also damaged. It's probably difficult to fly back."

"Are you sure? Do you need us to return for rescue?"

"No, no, no, this matter has nothing to do with us. Mark the coordinates, keep a record, and return home quickly!"

"They're not very lucky this time."

"Idiot! We are lucky! They don't want their lives!"

The whole airport cheered, for them, this was almost a miracle.

"The flight control here is running well and the attitude of the aircraft is basically stable. However, the steering system has been completely scrapped. It is estimated that it will be difficult to fly back."

After the failure, the 094 lost the power of one engine, dropped rapidly in altitude, and the tail vertical tail was also seriously damaged. However, with the support of the powerful flight control system, the J-8 still managed to maintain basic stability.

"Okay. Wait, my altitude data is very good now. I want to try flying."

100 meters, the window period for skydiving has passed.

The commander in front of the ground console frowned. In fact, he no longer had any hope for this 094.

"Command, please arrange rescue vehicles on the south beach and organize the evacuation of residents."

Liu Chuanwu replied.

"You were running very fast before the engine failure, so it should be fine!"

If the flight control program had not just been updated, the aircraft would have been useless at the moment the failure occurred.

There was almost no hope of survival.

However, the answer in the earphone surprised him.

"The vertical tail is broken. Can you still turn? We are only 27 nautical miles away from the nearest coast, so we should be able to fly back!"

His eyes didn't dare to blink, and he stared at the wind direction data on the screen.

"Fire truck, fire truck, come on!"

"Understood, I will try to use roll and pitch steering."

The stable flight attitude allowed Xu Yang, who was following behind, to almost ignore its broken vertical tail and stalled engine, but at the same time he also knew very well that this was far from the end.

The voice of the ground command came from the earphones. Liu Chuanwu calmly checked the instruments and answered:

RC-135W turned around and left, gradually moving away, while 092 quickly turned back and followed near 094.

At an altitude of 300 meters, 094 entered the landing decision point, and he was still descending.

"Is the APU functioning properly?"

Otherwise, even if Liu Chuanwu successfully parachuted, it would be frighteningly difficult to conduct a search and rescue operation on the vast sea.

Once the single tail wing is damaged, the steering function will completely fail, which almost means a crash.

On the other side, 092 kept flying around in the sky, keeping a distance and guarding the flight of 094.

Under such extreme conditions, even a slightly strong beat of the pulse may deform the pilot's operation, followed by flight instability and loss of control of the aircraft.

"Command received it, you are in good condition, keep it up!"

Everyone looked at the plane in silence. In the empty field, only the sound of the 094 engine was roaring.

“Awesome!!”

"Xu Yang, slow down and follow me. I need you to provide me with intuitive posture information!"

15 minutes later, an airport in Hainan.

"It's done!!"

"Chuanwu, what's going on?"

"The course correction is completed, the speed and attitude are stable. Xu Yang, report the visual attitude results."

"Can you hold on to the offshore?"

At an altitude of 500 meters, the crosswind slightly affected the course of 094, but it was quickly corrected by Liu Chuanwu.

"Understood, the U-turn is about to begin, please keep your distance."

Finally, after climbing to the highest point, 094 completed a full three-week roll in the air and readjusted to a horizontal position, and his navigation direction was already aligned with the return direction.

A few seconds later, 094 touched down on a flat beach in an almost perfect posture.

Liu Chuanwu's voice was extremely stable, as if he was just flying a fighter plane flying normally without any danger.

Liu Chuanwu replied.

The weather conditions at this time were not good. The closer to the ground, the stronger the crosswind. For 094 that had lost its vertical tail, this was almost a fatal difficulty.

As long as there is a moment when the wind direction exceeds the critical value, he will immediately give the order to parachute.

Once this happens, Liu Chuanwu won't even have the window period to parachute.

There was no fluctuation in Liu Chuanwu's voice, just like the 094 he controlled.

As soon as the voice fell, the 094's tail began to spray flames again. Then, the aircraft began to climb in an arc like a full moon, and then began to roll in the second half of the full moon.

"Received, the current posture is good, the yaw is 130 degrees, you need to turn around at a large angle!"

Seeing that 094 was about to fall to a dangerous height, the ground commander's hands were clenched into fists, and his nails dug deeply into his flesh.

"Remember, if the aircraft is in abnormal condition, parachute immediately. Search and rescue boats are already rushing in your direction, and they will be arranged in series on your navigation route."

"Understood, there is no need to skydive for the time being! I am currently at an altitude of 6,700 meters, a descent rate of 6.75, and I am in good condition."

The engine was damaged and the steering failed, but with the pilot's superb skills and the decisive command of the ground staff, the plane actually flew back!

You know, this plane is not a Su-27.

The ground crew watched the sky nervously. Not far away, a J-8 fighter plane was descending precariously.

Ground commanders were anxiously conducting ground maneuvers. They cleared all airspace and vacated all runways.

"Xu Yang, go out and explore the road and report the wind direction and airflow conditions in real time."

"Understood, on the south side of the beach, if there is no way to make an emergency landing, I will parachute."

At this time, instructions from the ground command platform also came over:

"094, you immediately start draining fuel, discarding all weapon loads, and reducing weight."

Xu Yang asked anxiously.

No matter how powerful the flight control is, it cannot completely replace human operation.

Xu Yang held his breath and followed quietly. He knew that every second from now on would be a life and death test for Liu Chuanwu.

"I'm going to try to fly and help me find the nearest emergency landing point!"

A few dozen seconds seemed to be as long as a century in Xu Yang's eyes.

"Good posture, show strength, keep it up, we are still 25 nautical miles away from the coastline, you can skydive on the south beach."

No one is praying, everyone is doing what they can, trying their best to save the plane - or in other words, save the pilot on the plane.

"Chuan Wu, report your situation."

"Save people, save people, open the canopy!"

"I don't know yet. There should be something wrong with the compressor on the left side of the engine. There is no way to restart the engine now!"

Under such extreme circumstances, it is almost a luxury to keep the aircraft sailing stably.

There was only one engine left, and the vertical tail was damaged.

The only purpose of everything he is doing now is to keep the plane in the air as long as possible until the ships on the sea arrive.

"The APU is normal and the avionics are normal, but now the steering is broken and the controllability is also very poor. Help me see the damage to the vertical fin!"

Dust and smoke are everywhere.

Liu Chuanwu's hand tightly grasped the joystick, and his fingers did not even tremble at all.

After taxiing for tens of meters, the plane stopped.

This is definitely a wonderful operation that can be included in textbooks.

Liu Chuanwu accepted everyone's congratulations cooperatively, with a smile on his face.

This is indeed a moment worth remembering, though.

If there is a next time, who can guarantee that the pilot who encountered a similar thing can escape unscathed?

There was a hint of gloom in his heart.

engine.

When will we have a truly reliable engine?

In other words, when will we have a fighter jet that can adapt to various flight conditions and will not be played by other people's aircraft?
Chapter completed!